Thread: Thinking about some new scales

Apologies if this in the wrong section.

I finally have quite a few good shaves under my belt and my stropping technique is rather consistent. Im looking for a shaver some what nicer than the two beat up ones I have (they are good shavers though! just not pretty)

Anyway I have my eye on a razor that has a cracked scale but a beautiful blade, what is a fair estimate of what a pair of acrylic scales set me back? Just curious before I made the plunge.
Thanks!

Originally Posted by rswarrior

Apologies if this in the wrong section.

I finally have quite a few good shaves under my belt and my stropping technique is rather consistent. Im looking for a shaver some what nicer than the two beat up ones I have (they are good shavers though! just not pretty)

Anyway I have my eye on a razor that has a cracked scale but a beautiful blade, what is a fair estimate of what a pair of acrylic scales set me back? Just curious before I made the plunge.
Thanks!

it really depends on who you have do it...you can probably get them done for as cheap as $40 or as much as $100. OR you could just buy a totally messed up blade with good scales on ebay or at an antique store for less.

Not to be "that guy" but acrylic is one of the easiest materials to work with, and is quite conducive to working it with hand tools ( I actually recommend it, as high speed tools can cause melting).

Order a sheet of acrylic 1/8" thick in any color you want and try it. A 12 x 12 sheet won't set you back any more than $15.00, and a coping saw is $7.00 at lowes. Last thing you need is a drill (preferably a drill press) and if you don't have one, I'm sure your neighbor/father/in-laws/co-worker has one you can borrow.

Acrylic is a great material to learn on too IMHO because it's inexpensive and very forgiving. I've never heard of anyone splitting acrylic without doing something seriously wrong.