Thread: First set of scales

All I can do is ask some questions, because pics can often times fool ya because of angles...

How thick are they???
Are they thin enough that you get a little flex if you apply pressure???
How does the balance feel to you, especially open straight out as it is when stropping...???
Speaking of stropping how does it feel as it rolls in the hand??? you can find many design flaws by stropping...



I like the design and the fit BTW...

I hope those questions help some, these are some things I ask myself when I am building scales..

Thanks Glen all great questions I didn't even think about.

Russell already suggested to me that I should try to thin the scales down a bit, and it's coming along albeit slowly.
But as they are they do flex visibly when opening and closing the razor.

Call it dumb luck but the razor does but it does balance near the the pivot. it's a little heavy on the blade side but only by 3/8th of an inch or so. Maybe I will do an epoxy finish after all to get it to balance right at the pivot.

Feels fine when stropping so the moby dick design seems to be ok.