Quote Originally Posted by Caledonian View Post
I don't see any valid reason to have them, except maybe not wanting the razor to look ordinary - and if you don't think ordinary is good, in a razor, that is what scales are for.

But if you must, and you are talking about doing it before the steel is hardened, I would drill a line of holes or file notches in a piece of brass, then cut it along the dotted line to leave a line of semicircles. Then I would temporarily epoxy it to the blade as a guide.

If the blade is hardened I would use a diamond burr in the Dremel tool. You should clamp a piece of brass to the blade, to make sure the rotation doesn't make it roll.
Hmm. Have you tried to shave with blade without jimps and one with jimps? How was your grip and controll of the blade?
I love Sheffields but unfortunately often those old ones do not have jimps which is for me pain.