The BIG!!!! Re-scale Secret

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Here it is guys, the big secret to a successful set of scales......

Here is the test, the one that tells you if all that work you did is right or wrong...

STROPPING the razor !!!, that's right, the fastest way to know if that set of scales you made were worth the time you put into them....

Other than finish this really is the true test of your scales, it tests the balance, the contour, the function, and the durability of the scales...
Little tiny things become very important and show up here, small things like the design of the pivot end of the razor... Do you realize that putting an angle on there the wrong way can make the razor uncomfortable to strop or even mis-sizing the end of the pivot, the width of the scales at the pivot, should match, or be pretty darn close, to the size of the tang.. Curves are beautiful but some of them do not fit right when stropping the razor... No curves are not good either, ever wonder why the edges on scales are beveled or rounded??? that is so it rotates correctly when stropping....
I always suggest for your first few sets make them out of simple tried and true designs, then branch out from there... However if you strop the razor and it doesn't feel comfortable and smooth then it really doesn't matter how pretty the acrylic is, or how beautiful the grain is, or even how perfect the finish is, those scales are not any good....

That is the re-scale secret....