Poll: favorite scale material

[ouch]

What's your favorite and why?

 

[professorchaos]

Old Ivory. I love the look and feel.

 

[WastedResources]

I've been eyeing a blade with paua scales. The color is amazing.

 

[ambrose]

The ease of use and durability leads me now to plastics. I used to love ivory, but darn brittle and delicate. Wood is nice but a pain to work up and finish.

 

[joshmpdx]

Ivory is my favorite for it's color, rariety but of course dislike it for the pricetag.

I don't like wood, it usually seems too bulky and heavy.

i really like most plastic scales as well as most horn scales.

 

[pz93c]

Wood. Don't know why.

 

[Telecaster52]

Light colored: celluloid (faux ivory), dark: Horn or Tortoise

 

[thirdeye]

I really like Ivory specially the old Ivory say 40000 year old...

However I really gravitate toward Buffalo Horn. The colors are just amazing (other than the plain Black) and I find it really nice to work with. It's a help that I have a distributor only 10 minutes from me so I can hand select the finest of the fine pieces to work with.

Horn done right will last a lifetime and offer some of the best in old world elegance.

 

[ouch]

Any thoughts on longevity and warping or cracking?

 

[Seraphim]

Acryluminum (tm) is my fave!

 

[thanks]

While I love my old French wedge in old ivory, as well as my Sheffield in bone, I still prefer my Ebony wood handled Revisor scales to those of any other. The balance is perfect, and I love the look and feel. Heavier razors become very loose in ivory or bone, but not as much with wood.

 

[Freedom]

Wood all the way, it can be finished in so many different ways with the grain selection they can be subtle and wild

 

[John C]

Metal, baby....metal!!

cuz it's SHINEY......well, that, and the sheer satisfaction of looking at a finished project after giving it several days of controlled, focused singleminded attention.....and cuz it's SHINEY....

 

[luvmysuper]

Old Ivory. I love the look and feel.

Ivory is my favorite for it's color, rariety but of course dislike it for the pricetag.

I don't like wood, it usually seems too bulky and heavy.

i really like most plastic scales as well as most horn scales.

I really like Ivory specially the old Ivory say 40000 year old...

However I really gravitate toward Buffalo Horn. The colors are just amazing (other than the plain Black) and I find it really nice to work with. It's a help that I have a distributor only 10 minutes from me so I can hand select the finest of the fine pieces to work with.

Horn done right will last a lifetime and offer some of the best in old world elegance.

While I love my old French wedge in old ivory, as well as my Sheffield in bone, I still prefer my Ebony wood handled Revisor scales to those of any other. The balance is perfect, and I love the look and feel. Heavier razors become very loose in ivory or bone, but not as much with wood.

I'm in complete agreement.
If it's got enough thickness not to break when you touch it.
I also realize the rarity, so a second choice for me is bone.
Giraffe Bone has an amazing look to it.

 

[fynn1177]

My favorite scale Material ist Sterling silver.
Greets Nils

 

[azmark]

Im with ivory. Unfortunately it is on probably my cheapest razor so I can't part with it but it looks like a hairline crack at the pivot pin so I'm not touching it. feels great though as mentioned a few times.

 

[honed]

Nothing beats Ivory IMHO.

 

[Neil Miller]

Inorder of preference:

ivory
horn
ebony

 

[John C]

My favorite scale Material ist Sterling silver.
Greets Nils

Do you have any pics of some sterling scales. I would love to see them.
Plus, how well to they handle, are they well balanced??

danke!

 

[PhatMan]

Hi,

Polished rams horn; beautiful & functional

Have fun !

best regards

Russ