Wostenholm , stub

Pretty simple, pretty cheap. When I got it I cleaned it up some to see what I had.

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The line is rusted where the blade rested on the scales. It was on both sides.
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It bit me, but I have used it a few times now and it got used to me :<0)
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I basically unpinned and took my time with this. It had scale issues. Cracks inside at the pivot holes and crooked as a dog's hind leg. I thought for awhile they were turtle , but experts say no. I call it weird horn :<0) Weird grain pattern and just did everything weird. Smelled weird sanded weird. The pivot hole was so crooked I had to put the scales back to make it close at all.




I am having such a fun time finishing off some razors , I don't make time to build a photo tent. Sorry.

Looking good!

It's fun restoring these old pieces of history, I never thought I'd enjoy it so much, even just some soaking, cleaning up, and sanding is very enjoyable.

Yes, sometimes a lot of work on a razor, get it looking good, and the pics don't do it justice, these pics look great though - great job.:)

I've seen it and it's a beauty Pups. Great work! :tu

That's a nice one, I love the wide gimped tang. I can still see it in identical but new horn scales, though. Maybe it's just reflections that make it look cloudy and delaminating.

Nope you see. Those scales are full of character :<0) Fixed the scaling but it has bubbles too.

pups! Im waiting on the close twin to this beauty to arrive haha! I love your taste man :tu great job on the scale save, that "wierd" horn mustve come from that outbreak of sick cows back in the 1820s....... go ahead, google it....... hehehehehe


ps- that was a joke

Wow! That's an awesome blade, and you did a great job to get it where its at now. Nice work Pups!!

Looks great as usual. I need to add a stub tail to my batch badly.

Great work, preserving history! Nice razor. Wonderful job! :tu

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Great work, preserving history! Nice razor. Wonderful job! :tu

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Clean, simple...but super sophisticated yet understated and underrated

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Clean, simple...but super sophisticated yet understated and underrated

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I don't know about underrated, but sophisticated, extenuated, and exfoliated come to mind! :roflmao

Those scales are made from the same material disscussed in these threads,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...back-line.html

http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...y-greaves.html

Yes, that orangeish hue seems to be a clue~

seems like dyed horn :shrug: no idea why the smell would be so off from the usual though

It's old & natural & it's being "heated' (sanded) that's why it stinks.

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It's old & natural & it's being "heated' (sanded) that's why it stinks.

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all horn does, i took it as this was "weird" smelling in comparison to the norm, maybe i misread

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I call it weird horn :<0) Weird grain pattern and just did everything weird. Smelled weird sanded weird.

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that part. sounded like weird as in not what pups normal horn experience goes like.

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that part. sounded like weird as in not what pups normal horn experience goes like.

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Are you certain? Weird horn drives weird people crazy, I have heard, YMMV

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Are you certain? Weird horn drives weird people crazy, I have heard, YMMV

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:rofl2::rofl2::rofl2: i think you may be right on that count!

I never had horn with an inclusion like this in it. It looks like a fold.

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Had a dank smell to it when sanding. Mold like.

Just a little weird, like my friends :<0)

I have an old one I suspect to be tortoise. What seems are cracks, are not.
Weird, that's us! :D

maybe this is the same thing? Ive had quite a few like this with the dark coated outer layer and light colored inside. this was extremely brittle compared to horn i usually work with. I had assumed all the ones I've had were dyed horn but I'm second guessing after your post pups. more pondering before i blanket label "dyed horn" again haha :hmmm:

I thought I was the only person to have bubbles in horn, on an old Greaves. I feel a lot better now.

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Nope you see. Those scales are full of character :<0) Fixed the scaling but it has bubbles too.

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Those bugs take the easiest route in. I have had some with perfect outsides and gouged-out good on the insides! A lot of this stuff is natural inclusions as well as delamination.
If a buffalo got a damaged horn in his lifetime, back in the day, it may well show up in some old scales.