Thread: The BIG!!!! Re-scale Secret

Originally Posted by TheBaron

So Glen, you just honed some razors for me, one of them being the Bengal that I rescaled and did so without rounded edges. Now tell me; did you run that one up a strop after you honed it? Would this one be an example of scales that should have been rounded?

It's OK, you can critique my work publicly, I don't mind.

Ummmm no I ain't saying a word, it should be in your hands by the 31st
It will be much better for you to do the test, and yes the razor is truly shave ready, so yes I stropped it Love those Bengall edges, and that one is really nice BTW....

One other thing, you need to do some close up pics of your pin work, they are exceptional....

Thanks for the tip. I never considered to check this out. Personally I prefer holding the tang when I strop mainly with two fingers and the scales pressed against the edge of my pinky-side palm. Do you gents hold at the scales?

Originally Posted by claytor

Thanks for the tip. I never considered to check this out. Personally I prefer holding the tang when I strop mainly with two fingers and the scales pressed against the edge of my pinky-side palm. Do you gents hold at the scales?

NO I hold at the tang too, I think most everyone does...
You have to feel a bad set to understand what I mean here...
The flow just falls apart...

Here is a for instance on a factory razor, a TI made for AOS with the SS scales, by far the worst set of scales ever put on a Factory razor (at least that I have touched)...

http://www.theartofshaving.com/taos6...68022&group=10

Your dead right with this thread Glen. My second set of scales looked cool but were an absolute PITA to strop and to shave with. These things need to be considered before tools are even picked up
Grant

This is one of the reasons that I always cut out a sample set of the scale design in paper, and see where the scales are popping out when in the fully open (stropping) position.

I have one set of scales I've made that I need to alter because they come to a point, and the point sticks out and interferes with your thumb during the rolling motions of stropping.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Ummmm no I ain't saying a word, it should be in your hands by the 31st
It will be much better for you to do the test, and yes the razor is truly shave ready, so yes I stropped it Love those Bengall edges, and that one is really nice BTW....

One other thing, you need to do some close up pics of your pin work, they are exceptional....

Well I assumed it would be shave ready when I got it and I will strop it (after the first shave) and see what I think. I was just curious if you would have rounded the edges or not based on how it felt when you stropped it, but that is OK, you can keep your critique private if you want.

I will have to take some up close pics of the pins when I get em back, I wasn't sure if I did those well or not (until now).

I'm so glad you gave out this wise advice, Glen. How true! Scale design using the parameters dictated by the blade itself, can still be limited only my the imagination. However, it's always been more important to me how a razor strops and feels in the hand more than how it looks.. For me a razor has to be a performer first and a looker second.

Thanks for bringing this up.

Chris L