The Far-Eastern Wood Butcher: Prime cuts from the far east.

(Edited 7th Jan 2014. A few dozen people actually reads this post, so I'll do my best to justify their time. This is my second scale, and this post is not meant to be a tutorial, but a sharing of my attempts to rescale a razor. If you are a woodworker, it is not as difficult as it looks. The more care, the better your work. I'm being casual here) R eplacement scales are usually made because the original are broken or badly warped. Or the maker must be feeling very creative. In this case, the original scales worked fine, just that it tends to cause the razor to rust badly in the same spots. I suspect it was some substance embedded in the scale. Perhaps moisture gets trapped in the micro fissures in the scales. A Kobar razor by F. Emde of Germany. Teak was chosen because of its oily nature, and also for its dimensional stability when wet. Warping or twisting is a very undesirable feature in razor scales, since the blade may hit the scales on closing on a twisted sca...