Laurens, I think it is against forum rules to disclose the name of a vendor; anyway I'm not sure if it is allowed. It could be considered as commercial promotion. So I'll introduce him by means of a private message.
I agree with you that vintage razors are to be kept in their original state. For that reason I try to lay hands on razors that are stripped from their scales of with malfunctioning or damaged ones. Sometimes I run against a razor, for instance a Filarmonica with such horrible scales that I do not hesitate to damage the integrity of the razor knowing that I do not enjoy myself only with a good rescaling job but especially when I'm shaving with it or maintaining it. It sounds selfish but when I'm convinced that rescaling is an aesthetical and utilitarian improvement, the originals disappear in the dustbin. Even when it is a new razor like a Wacker 7/8 I recently achieved with horrible birdy num num wooden scales which were immediately replaced by Cocobolo ones.
By the way, I said goodbye to pinning. I switched to microbolts/nuts most of the time in brass.
I live at the Keizerstraat. I'll publish some more fotographs in this thread. When you like them we could arrange an appointment. I'll have to make the pics first because I'm not a fanatic fotographer of my own work. Actually, the pic I added hereabove, was the first one I ever published so I had to experience and practise how it works.
The reason for adding the pic was showing a cheap vintage razor. The ebony scales are not in a perfect proportion and do not exist in the depicted form anymore.