Thread: Making Scale Designs On The Computer

Here is the blade, removed from the scales. Notice that dimple slightly forward of the rear pivot hole. The scales were just slightly short and the man who put the wooden scales on this razor thought to redrill that hole so that he might move the blade back to give it a bit more room. He didn’t realize that a razor is essentially tool steel and is a pretty tough contender for ordinary drill bits. Other than that, the blade isn’t in such bad shape. I’ll spend a few quiet hours sanding and polishing to clean it up. But you have already seen many articles here on the forums which give you information about refinishing blades, so I’ll spare you another go-round. Time to start designing the scales.