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    Quote Originally Posted by unit View Post
    Sorry if this is out of line to ask...can any of you recommend an approved SRP vendor that can make some reasonably priced G-10 scales and install them for me? I tried searching, but my search-fu is lacking. Thanks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus View Post
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    I hate to see such nice scales as those in your pic meet an unfortunate demise
    It was a blessing in disguise . I had the red bone Dovo scales on a W&B Bow blade , that was so badly warped , I'd (wisely) given up on trying to hone it straight , a few years ago . I put them on the blade , and they worked out really well . Here's a pic .
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    Dave--nice save! I've never seen especially thin bone scales; you sure yours weren't ivory? I've been using some old ivory scales (one side arrived broken) as wedges in other rescales. They stink to sand, but look nice.

    Unit--your broken scale looks like gutta percha, the same brittle rubber that clarinet and sax mouthpieces are made of. No big loss. If you rub it on your sleeve and it smells like rubber, there you are. It's not fancy stuff, and it's easy to break. Keep 'em around for future practice--drill new holes and try peening new pins onto them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by roughkype View Post
    Dave--nice save! I've never seen especially thin bone scales; you sure yours weren't ivory? I've been using some old ivory scales (one side arrived broken) as wedges in other rescales. They stink to sand, but look nice.
    Thanks ! The scales are thin like ivory scales are , but they are bone . I have a couple of ivory scaled razors , so I can tell the difference . I like your idea to make wedges out of them .

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    Quote Originally Posted by unit View Post
    Sorry if this is out of line to ask...can any of you recommend an approved SRP vendor that can make some reasonably priced G-10 scales and install them for me? I tried searching, but my search-fu is lacking. Thanks.
    The classifieds is always a good first resort for help:
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    OK, so today I took another shot at it (shaving). It went much better today and (in case anyone is interested) I think I am developing enough of a sense for this that I can now feel the difference between my honed blades and the one that was professionally honed (I believe you guys refer to it as "mellow"?)...it could be in my head, but anyway, the results were nice.

    Thanks to all that contribute to this site (and my learning)!

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    Glad to hear it!

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    Of course we're interested! Trust your feelings... there's nothing inside of your head except what your senses put there. Except desire, imagination, optimism... nothing wrong with any of those, either. If your shave felt better it felt better. At some point, when you're more confident about your honing and feel like really playing with edges, you can try stropping on diamond paste then shaving, and see if you think that feels different. I bet you'll tell a difference there, and will want to backtrack to hones or some CrOx to gentle that edge back.

    Best wishes and happy shaving.
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