Thread: Where to buy spare scales? vendors or SRP members

Originally Posted by Leighton

Well, since the thread exists already...

Anyone have a source for scales for $10 or under? Or anyone want to make some extra cash? Don't have to be pretty, just plain looking and not ugly. Not keeping my hopes up, but worth a shot.

That's what I'm looking for.

The cheap dovo's at classic shaving have been sold out for awhile, but they are about $10.

I don't want to come off sounding wrong here, but I seriously doubt you are going to find any hand made scales for anywhere near that price point...
There is just to much work involved with making them....

The material cost is negligible, it is the time and talent cost to get them to fit right that brings the price up....

You could check e-bay for razors with crap blades and put in a ton of $8 bids and score some that way....

I do too Glen. But its worth a shot.

A better shot in the dark would be if someone who does a lot of rescaling keeps those old scales and has no use for them. Thats what I'm really hoping for.

leighton,

check your pms, i sent you one yesterday about this, read it!!!!!!

obsessis

i have something that might interest you, please send me a pm with what you are looking for. thanks

Originally Posted by Leighton

I do too Glen. But its worth a shot.

A better shot in the dark would be if someone who does a lot of rescaling keeps those old scales and has no use for them. Thats what I'm really hoping for.

I actually have quite a few sets of old scales, imagine that, I had never even considered selling them, I have always just kept them around, and given them away when somebody needs a set of scales for an old razor so they can shave....
Fitting them has always been the problem, you need to have a ton sitting around, so you can pick out the ones that will fit certain razors, but then again I am extremely picky about the toe to wedge fit....Looking at razors like TI produces with that huge gap between the toe of the razor and the wedge makes me cringe....
Sorry off on a tangent there....

Anyway I will go through the box and see how many complete sets I have out there....

You guys just want sets of scales right????

Yes, old plastic scales would work for me! i just need something to put on some old restoration projects.

wooden blanks would also work. i'd like to sand them to shape that would be fun.

I sent PM's to those who have posted. If anyone has anything that would work please PM me, I'm open for suggestions!

Well, look at it this way. The TI scales in a nice wood range up to $125 so go figure. I have some old plastic scales form time to time that I can let you have for about $3 a pair. I'll have to look and see how many I have. PM me later if you are interested and I'll send some pics and then you can let me know if you want them. I also have some wood blanks that you could shape and deal with your self, you would just have to drill some wholes and make your own wedge.
Good Luck!