Thread: First rescale - Marshes and Shepherd

Here's a Marshes and Shepherd Pondsworks VR. I'd been wanting to try my hand at making new scales for a while and finally got around to it, with some honey colored buffalo horn and a cow bone wedge. It's 8/8+ near the tip and dwarfs my henckels. Can't wait to finally shave with it once I get the hones out.

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Nice work there. Congrats on your first

That is one sweet setup. I am brand new to straights, but am already getting a severe case of RAD. Would love to someday down the road be able to refurbish old razors that nice.

Your first scales? Oh no, you're not fooling me.....lol

Looks really nice, great job

I'm glad someone is like me, in that you appreciate a blade that shows it's age a little. haha One of my favorite shavers is a Logan-Gregg that's got some serious patina all over it.

Well done on the scales! I always look forward to when my M&S comes up in rotation. It gives a nice shave. Hope you find the same for yours.

Just got it honed up and shaved. Wow, really smooth shaver, I'm addicted to wedges now. @kamikazeproject, I love the old patinas too. I don't really like the total mirror polish on old blades - they don't look old anymore then.

Really nice work on the scales! Great job.

Originally Posted by ScienceGuy

... I don't really like the total mirror polish on old blades - they don't look old anymore then.

Not only that but they have a tendency to blind me while shaving if they catch the lights over the mirror just right.

Great looking set of honey horn scales you made there!! Ken