Rehandling a western handle with new scales?

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I tried a forum search but didn’t come up with much. I’m sure it’s here though. Anyone have a good link or two on removing the current handle of a western petty and replacing the plastic with wood? I have some nice Amboyna scraps and I really want to give it a go.
 
The easiest way to remove them is bash them off with a hammer or use a vice to crush them up. Try not to touch the pins / rivets too much as they can be tricky to remove, especially if bent. You may need some fairly full-on wire cutters.

To make a handle - take your two pieces of wood and cut them roughly to size using a jigsaw or something. Then epoxy them on marking on the wood where the holes in the tang are. Drill and put your pins / rivets in. Tape up your blade, and then start shaping. You could do that by hand I suppose but I think most people would use a belt sander / grinder. Finish by hand sanding.

There are other people here who've done westerns a lot more than I have, so there'll probably be other methods and tips, that's just how I'd do it.
 
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Top two images should be lower down in the process sorry,
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The way I remove the handles is to drill the rivets out. Then smash the scales with a hammer.
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Then I rough shape the scales, (the tang side is taken to the finishing stage)
Drill holes and cut the new pins to rough size and glue with epoxy.
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Then I do the shaping by hand with a rasp. Then take it through sanding grits (top 2 pics, I'm struggling to order the pics on my phone, I'm on holiday) and finish with Danish oil and then a Beeswax oil thing I make.
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This one is out of order too but I hope you get the idea?
 
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