scales

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Just thought I`d post these pics for posterity as this is the second set I have made
The first set were exactly the same ,(nearly) I had every thing ready to go to pin ,as I placed the scales on the small block of steel I use as an anvil for this process I noticed a very fine hair line from the pivot collar to the edge. Being a burl there are a lot of cracks and fractures.
I knew exactly what would happen as soon as I tapped the pin. I grabbed a loupe to verify my suspicions ,calmly disassembled the razor ,snapped both the scales in half and chucked the bits in the bin and started on another set .
Just in case here they are
The knife I finished off this morning,thought someone may be interested
The scales for the razor are brigalo burl the knife the handle is goat horn and red deer antler the steel is ats 34 hardened to 63 RC .not really happy with the knife either,the silver soldering is not perfect ,(one little pin hole),I know its there so that is the first thing I look at
Kind regards Peter