A few weeks ago I purchased a couple of "Joseph Rogers" razors for my own use.
The scales were ugly and so I have been playing around at replacing them. My effort is shown in the photo below:


I won't be doing this very often and the tools I have are basically a fretsaw, a dremmel, sandpaper and a drill.
I have some questions?
When you drill the holes in the scales, do you put the scales together and drill through both scales together or do you mark and drill each scale separately?
I used a wood dye with a polyurethane varnish as a finish. The varnish is quite thick on the scale and whilst nice and mirror shiny I'm wondering if you get a more sophisticated finish with a wood oil?
I'd welcome any input or ideas for my next attempt.
Incidentally, the scales are much better than the originals and the razor shave 10/10 but I think I can do better on the scales having just gone through a steep learning curve.