Thread: Am I a bad person for wanting to replace horn scales?

If you throw them away, you are a bad man. If you don't want them and give them away, you will be considered a wonderfully generous and good man.

I would say it all comes down to personal taste. If you are keeping the razor and want something else on them.. be my guest it what you want since it is your razor. If it is something that you are thinking of restoring and reselling then I would keep the horn on. I personally hate plastic scales but if they are in good shape will still keep them on the razors I have because I prefer "original" as much as possible and will only rescale something if the scales are majorly damaged. Again that is personal preference though.

If you do decide to rescale I am sure you can find a home for the horn with a couple of people around here.

Short answer: Yes.

Originally Posted by BeBerlin

grainy wooden scales should be outlawed

You and I have opposing tastes in scales. With the right blade, I like a "frontier" look with grainy simple scales. On the other hand, it would be stupid to rescale a newer razor and give it a "frontier" look.

It's a little warped to want to, but it doesn't make you a bad person unless you actually do it

Unless you're Max, then it's ok

That's an easy one:

It's your razor isn't it, scale it in whatever you want. If I buy a razor from you & don't like the scales...guess what...I can rescale it in whatever I want. Just don't throw away the old ones...

Some folks are just horn nuts, so forgive them.