Broken Scale on Rooks First Straight Razor! HELP Please!

[pgallagher]

So I just got my very first Straight Razor, a Challenge Cutlery 5/8 razor, and I couldn't be more excited!! It needs to be honed and I'm already planning on sending it down to Larry at Whipped Dog for a proper honing.

But my problem is that one of my scales is broken and I am wondering if I can fix it easily before I send it out? I knew prior to purchase that it was broken and am perfectly fine with putting in some work to fix her up! The scales are a black plastic material, as you can see in the photo.

So are there are specific tricks to fixing a broken scale when it's directly around the pin? Is it okay to just put some carefully placed gorila glue? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Cheers,
Patrick Gallagher ​

 

[Doc226]

It likely needs new scales, you can try unpinning and gluing it but in all likely hood it will fall apart again.

There are cheap scales available for easy replacement

 

[pgallagher]

Doc226, That is good to know... Where should I look for some cheap scales to replace them with?

Also, I noticed on your website that you offer rescaling... How much would you offer them for and the service?


Cheers!
Patrick

 

[jpcwon]

Also there's a vendor I use in Canada for replacement scales, but I'm not 100% sure I can post the info here. PM me for details if you want

 

[Nosduj]

Larry at WD also sells scales, and I have used the Canadian vendor with great success.

 

[shakin_jake]

Where should I look for some cheap scales

~~~some schale vendors in this thread-

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/313843-Where-can-I-get-inexpensive-scales

some schales come with pins/washers, if not, there are places to buy these parts, vendors on ebay. I have some other links, just holler...not sure how far you want to go with this



Best,


Jake
Reddick Fla.