Thread: Illustrated Guide to Fixing Warped Scales..

Awesome job, Glen - you have no idea how much we appreciate your willingness to share your proprietary techniques! I've said it before, and I'll say it again, you're a gentleman and a scholar!

Mark

Do you think there is a way to accompllish this without removing the scales?

For some who want to preseve the original pins etc.

If you have any ideas...

Originally Posted by ZethLent

Do you think there is a way to accompllish this without removing the scales?

For some who want to preseve the original pins etc.

If you have any ideas...

Actually there might be, I thought of an idea just this morning with a Filarmonica I stole on E-bay.... The scales are not nearly as bad as these are but they sit together at the wedge and have almost no bow to them, so I was thinking of a way to get the bow back without popping pins....I am a firm believer in keeping them as original as possible, but they have to still function... I will update this thread when I try it.... I have this habit of not acting immediately on an idea, I sit and chew on it for a few days first....

OK here is a pic of the bottom of the razor, as you can see the scales are almost perfect again... I like this system, only because of the consistency, I have made myself a jig out of 3/16 brass for future use...

Sorry for the grainy pic I think my camera is about dead...

Oh yeah Ray, breath easy bud no problems getting it back together

This system, with a few mods, worked great for me with a Wusthof I recently picked up from ebay. Didn't take any before pics, but I'll take some after pics when I'm done restoring it.

I didn't remove the pins. I placed a plastic spacer between the scales to separate them to the distance I wanted, then ran it under my hot-water-on-demand, which is just a bit under boiling. I kept them there for about 10 seconds, then allowed them to cool, then repeated another two times. Turned out almost perfect.*

*The almost was the white film you mention above, and the reason for using distilled water. I'm going to try that next time. The film buffed out on the polishing wheel.

Mind you the warping wasn't as bad as what you show on that GE, so keeping it pinned worked fine for my needs. I could see how unpinning might be necessary with certain warping.

Originally Posted by BigBubba

I hope this info ends up in the wiki.

Long done: Illustrated Guide to Fixing Warped Scales - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Someone needs to fix the descriptions for the images, though.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Oh yeah Ray, breath easy bud no problems getting it back together

Amazing work, Glen.

Originally Posted by bpave777

This system, with a few mods, worked great for me with a Wusthof I recently picked up from ebay. Didn't take any before pics, but I'll take some after pics when I'm done restoring it.

I didn't remove the pins. I placed a plastic spacer between the scales to separate them to the distance I wanted, then ran it under my hot-water-on-demand, which is just a bit under boiling. I kept them there for about 10 seconds, then allowed them to cool, then repeated another two times. Turned out almost perfect.*

*The almost was the white film you mention above, and the reason for using distilled water. I'm going to try that next time. The film buffed out on the polishing wheel.

Mind you the warping wasn't as bad as what you show on that GE, so keeping it pinned worked fine for my needs. I could see how unpinning might be necessary with certain warping.

I am going to attempt this pinned with a spacer method. But I was wondering, after you put it under the hot water, how do you keep the scales from warping in other directions since it's not supported as in the board method sixgun described?

Originally Posted by TwistedOak

I am going to attempt this pinned with a spacer method. But I was wondering, after you put it under the hot water, how do you keep the scales from warping in other directions since it's not supported as in the board method sixgun described?

The spacer method works, but as noted you are "spacing" it against the other scale, basically the spacer method works for fixing the bows but doesn't work so hot for fixing bends

I really need to update this thread or start a new one because the new Jig I built works near flawlessly with just a shot of steam or a blow dryer. If I get time. I will post pics tonight... Way way easy and near zero cost

Originally Posted by gssixgun

The spacer method works, but as noted you are "spacing" it against the other scale, basically the spacer method works for fixing the bows but doesn't work so hot for fixing bends

I really need to update this thread or start a new one because the new Jig I built works near flawlessly with just a shot of steam or a blow dryer. If I get time. I will post pics tonight... Way way easy and near zero cost

Luckily for me the scales on this Imp I am try to repair are only bowed towards the wedge side and it's not nearly as bad as your WE from a few years ago. I guess I should just unpin/repin them and do it your way since there isn't a fix for my question. At least it'll give me a chance to really clean the razor up. Thanks for the quick reply to the resurrected thread.