Need Suggestions

[carbonsteel928]

I picked up a W&B 5/8, cleaned it up, took it to the polishing wheel and am now stuck choosing what scales to go with.

Choices:

1. Black Water Buffalo Horn
2. Leopard Wood
3. Curly Nara
4. Olive Wood
6. Cocobolo
7. Camphor Burl
8. Red Wood Burl
9. Blood red mirrored acrylic


Thank you all.

 

[Maximilian]

You have a picture of your W&B?

Is it a wedge? hollow? barbers notch? ...

I've rescaled them in different materials.

 

[carbonsteel928]

 

[sapito318]

Hm... Based on the pic of the razor I would go for something simple. Olivewood wood be my choice out of your list, and maybe leopardwood or cocobolo.

 

[carbonsteel928]

In actually ended up going with buffalo horn. I found two old combs that matched in color and the rest is history. I left imperfections on the handle to mimic the original scales and those on the blade that were too deep to sand off.

 

[professorchaos]

I'm a sucker for horn scales.

 

[gugi]

yeah, only ivory and tortoise is better than horn

 

[carbonsteel928]

My folks are taking a trip to Mexico in the fall and they are bringing back some ivory and tortoise. ( there is a nice open market in Morelos where there is a nice amount of antiques that can be salvaged for scales.)