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First attempt at making scales
Well.. i was looking at my shavett style razor and thought.... why do they have to look so boring? lol
So i figured, for the price that they are worth why not try to rescale it... And for some practice as i have two blades coming in the mail that don't have scales.
I used a Tasmanian oak but after pinning it with a 1/16 brass rod i realized that the wood was slightly too soft so i re-pinned it with a 1/8 hollow rod and it seemed to work. Because of the 1/8 pins it turned out a little different but still doesn't look too bad.
Next time i might need a harder wood or i will need to harden the wood some how (suggestions?)
Revision 1
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So i guess i learned a few things during making it and i should have aligned the back pins better but at-least i will know for next time :D Still looks better then the plastic scales it came with.
Edit: Revision 2 (rounded the edges)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9400754/Stra...2%20photo3.jpg
Edit: Revision 3 (Filled the pin holes) I think this is all i'm going to change now lol
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9400754/Stra...3%20photo4.jpg