Thread: First Scales - In Teak

You're are off to a great start, if I might drop a few hints, those half bolsters on the Easy Aces scales can be removed with acetone, it will literally dissolve the old celluloid scales if you want to keep them and fit them to the new scales..(there is a thread that Floppyshoes and I did on here with DD reapers).
Thickness is always an issue, where to start, where to end ??? ..
I pre-cut my blanks at a light 3/16 for all razors that way for the heavier wedges I still have some weight and heft to balance the razor, and for lighter more delicate razors it is not much work to take them thinner for weight and balance... I have only found one rule to be true so far, the wood / material has to be able to flex even just a touch works, so if you can bend it a tiny bit it will work...

This can be overcome for some materials with innovative wedge/spacer designs...

In the Wiki there is a step by step Illustrated guide on how to do things pretty easy and accurately... Keep in mind there is no right or wrong way of doing things but there are proved repeatable ways... Myself I am not an artistic type person I figure stuff out so that when I do it it is repeatable and constant (read easier )
The hint above about drilling the holes before the scales are taken apart I give a huge +1 too...

Looking forward to seeing the finished scales on the razor...