Finished this one last night and like the way the scales turned out - they are black horn and have polished up relly nicely although you can't see it. I used a new rotary sander for the first time which enables me to get a uniform thickness prior to hand sanding. Also I modified a door wedge so that I could get a true wedge shape instead of relying on hand/eye - this again seems to have worked well. I'm struggling to upload pictures at the moment so will add more late.
Yes, that's what it's called although there doesn't seem to be any consensus as to what they were intended to do. There was some though that a barber might use two hands for certain areas although I can't think of anything that needs that. My own opinion is that it helps if you are brave enough to attempt an ATG on the top lip as this requires a very steady hand.
Turned out really nice Rob, I do like that little white wedge showing off a little as well, nice looking blade scales look really nice, so the new rotary sander seems to be a success as well good work Rob.