Originally Posted by mewantkouki

Pulled apart my spare ka today and noticed some nasty scrapes on the head and block surface. Do you guys think these can be milled out or should I look for a new head / block? I can catch my nail in them and I have no idea how they got there... I guess the previous owner had the head off once before.

Block surface:


the third pic down looks like the dowel came out of the block w the head and who ever pulled the head dropped or placed the head (with the dowel still in it) back on the deck of the block..

the other scrape on the bottom of the head towards the edge looks like a flat head was used to separate the head from the block...

Head: