Puma Rescale Questions

[Frank Shaves]

Lots of videos out there. I learned a lot from these:

Making of Scales

There have been several videos and tutorials on how to make scales. I made this one a while ago just have not gotten around to posting it. This may not be the best way, but it is how I do them. Here is the blade with the old scales. The horn blank Laying the scales just to make sure...

www.badgerandblade.com

 

[Honedright]

…take a look at razors with bone scales, they are usually elegant and trim. Not usually thick and clunky.

Forgot I have this one that I think is bone or ivory. Probably bone. And yes the scales are rather thin. Has a metal wedge. It’s very simple in shape.

 

[Gamma]

That's a decent style target to go for.

 

[Honedright]

So I tried out peening a brass pin for the first time. Actually pretty easy and I think it came out fairly well. It was the part I was most concerned with. Just waiting for the washers and scales.

 

[Honedright]

So I noticed that the 1/16” pin stock is too big for the pivot hole on another razor I plan to rescale. Would you redrill the pivot?

Anything I should know about doing that?

 

[Gamma]

If you are talking about the hole in the tang...that's unusual.
If you bought scales that are predrilled but the pivot holes are undersizes, chase the pivot holes in scales with a 1/16" bit in a pin vise. Easier to not mess up when motors aren't involved.

 

[Wombat ESQ]

Anything I should know about doing that?

If the maker forged the steel, good luck getting a 1/16 drill through it, buy a hundred drills, 99 are going the snap they lil twists off

 

[Wombat ESQ]

bone or ivory.

I go with bone from the pore marks? that are visible in pix