I've never replaced scales before, and have a vintage 5/8 razor which has a crack in the pivot area on one scale. I'll continue to use it but it seems inevitable that it is eventually going to break.
The razor is a nice user-grade shaver that I like enough to consider replacing the scales if/when it breaks, but don't want to invest a lot in my first rescale:
Some of the affordable scales I've seen (up to 20 bucks) are already pinned at the wedge. Some appear to have no taper to the wedge, and the gap in the scales is parallel without the pivot pinned.
Shouldn't the scales fan out a bit towards the pivot end?
So, it appears that the "wedge" on some of the replacement scales I've seen is not a true wedge but more of a flat spacer.
Can a flat spacer be used in lieu of a true wedge?...or will the razor be too loose without the tension provided by a tapered wedge?
The razor is a nice user-grade shaver that I like enough to consider replacing the scales if/when it breaks, but don't want to invest a lot in my first rescale:
Some of the affordable scales I've seen (up to 20 bucks) are already pinned at the wedge. Some appear to have no taper to the wedge, and the gap in the scales is parallel without the pivot pinned.
Shouldn't the scales fan out a bit towards the pivot end?
So, it appears that the "wedge" on some of the replacement scales I've seen is not a true wedge but more of a flat spacer.
Can a flat spacer be used in lieu of a true wedge?...or will the razor be too loose without the tension provided by a tapered wedge?