Hold the scales in boiling water for 5 seconds, they will become malleable and will be easy to give them desired shape. Then let them cool down. This method works for most plastic scales but some harder plastics might come back to bent shape after cooling. Hold those ones a bit longer in the water, about 8-10 seconds and repeat the procedure if necessary. I haven't used the method with bakelite, bone or horn scales!
So I have an antique straight razor with cellulose scales and they are crazy warped. So I figure this may take several times of the thermocycle process you're doing in this video hopefully this will work and I'm able to straighten them out
Nice Fridor. Ironically i just enountered this bent scales issue on a Torrey Razor I just acquired, honed and polished up and restored. Good tip for plastic. I wonder if you can do it on horn or bakelite? Definitely wouldnt attempt it on wood scales.
You can straighten horn scales but due to the "grain" the process can be a little un predictable. I encountered a stubborn set of scales and even clamped them down and let them set over night but the grain fought back and I lost..
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Hold the scales in boiling water for 5 seconds, they will become malleable and will be easy to give them desired shape. Then let them cool down.
This method works for most plastic scales but some harder plastics might come back to bent shape after cooling. Hold those ones a bit longer in the water, about 8-10 seconds and repeat the procedure if necessary.
I haven't used the method with bakelite, bone or horn scales!
what a gorgeous blade. Always nice to see high quality gear taken care of professionally.
excellent content, I’ve use a hair dryer too with success but boiling water works best. regards dapper shaves
Great video and easy to do method, thanks 🙏👍
Thank you! 🙏🏻😊
Very good!
Thanks for sharing this great method.
Thanks for watching!
That is very interesting. I have a similar problem with a razor and this will help me a lot.
So I have an antique straight razor with cellulose scales and they are crazy warped. So I figure this may take several times of the thermocycle process you're doing in this video hopefully this will work and I'm able to straighten them out
I haven’t tried yet with other materials, like cellulose, but some materials are harder to bring back the shape.
Nice Fridor. Ironically i just enountered this bent scales issue on a Torrey Razor I just acquired, honed and polished up and restored. Good tip for plastic. I wonder if you can do it on horn or bakelite? Definitely wouldnt attempt it on wood scales.
Thank you Bobby!
I haven’t tried it yet with other types of scales.
You can straighten horn scales but due to the "grain" the process can be a little un predictable. I encountered a stubborn set of scales and even clamped them down and let them set over night but the grain fought back and I lost..
@guysolis5843 i found this video cus of warped horn.ill try and hope for the best.