Thread: wedge-less scales?

just a thought I had... if you were really skilled at scroll-sawing or band-sawing, would it be practical to make a set of 1-piece scales out of wood? obviously you'd need to taper the inside and keep the same thickness on the outside, but can it be done? should it be done? would there be a fatal weakness to the scales if done in 1 piece out of wood? or any other material for that matter, if you have thick enough stock.

One word LIVI

Another word. Zowada

LOL I think we can add Joe Chandler to those words

Hart, does it too

I don't think I personally would try to saw out the inner part with a bandsaw. I'd probably cut the two scales and the wedge and glue them up with water proof wood glue (e.g. Titebond 3) and then sand it smooth, personally I think that would be easier to pin the razor (i.e. pin the top, swing the scales down, smear wedge with glue, squish em together and clamp it). If it's done well you won't easily see the seam.

Here's some pictures of one of my razors that has a one piece wood scale, someone placed a pin in it for decorative purposes I guess, but then someone snipped the washers/peened pin part off:

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink

A glued wedge is different than wedgeless.

There's a wiki article that shows how to make single piece wedgeless: Making One Piece Scales - Straight Razor Place Wiki

I have done two-piece wedgeless a couple of different ways: I have sanded them from the tang end to a point just in front of the toe pin, kind of like the vintage two-piece wedgeless were.
Recently I had a set of acrylic that I lost the wedge for. Rather than making a new wedge, I just sanded the toe pin end so that when it came together the tang ends would stick out. That worked too, but in that case the blade had to be short enough to fit, as the gap decreases as it gets closer to where the wedge should be.

wow thanks for the info! I might try this on my next project.

Actually have one on the drawing board in Ivory,should be done in maybe a month.
Going to have the slot cut with a pricision water jet machine.

Ken at Ruprazors made me some one-piece scales like that. Worked fine.