Thread: Scale replacement question

Hey all,
THis may be a stupid question and I appologize if it has been discussed but I am new to all of this and was looking for guidance. I have been reading the beginner wiki and noted that Kriegar blades are worthless. What I am wondering about is if anyone has ever taken a Kriegarblade apart and replaced the poor quality blade with a better one. I found this beautiful Kriegar with fake pearl and stainless scales that I like. Amazon.com: Kriegar Folding Straight Razor - Pearl with Fantasy Scroll: Sports & Outdoors

so does anyone know if I could put a good blade in these scales? or if not, how I might go about getting a good blade with scales that look something like these?
thanks
Ari

I cant see any pins in the picture. So its hard to say how easy it would be to remove the scales wihout doing any damage. Hopefully someone else will be along soon who has seen one in the flesh and can give some advice.
Grant.

I won't say you can't ....

But here are some of the work arounds you are going to run into...

They use 1/8" pins
They use a knife style pin that are cut and peened flush
The scales are very very heavy
the scales are desinged more like a folding knife than razor scales, I don't think they will flex correctly when you put in the razor with a tapered tang...

I think the 1/8 pins are going to be the biggest issue for you. Razors use 1/16, so you have a whole lot of extra hole to fill somehow.

ok, so those would not be a good choice. that's kind of what I had figured. The other thing I was wondering about was does anyone know where I could get something like those that actually would work?
thanks

Classicshaving sells some Dovo and TI replacement scales....

Or you could contact some people that are in the member services classifieds.

Originally Posted by youngsmoke

ok, so those would not be a good choice. that's kind of what I had figured. The other thing I was wondering about was does anyone know where I could get something like those that actually would work?
thanks