7/8 Joseph Elliot with fancy spine

Finished this last week. 7/8 Joseph Elliot with a barbers notch and fancy spine. Bone scales thinned to .090 with a lead wedge and brass beehive collars and pins. The scales are sort of 2 tones so I kept the darker shades toward the wedge end on both scales. Has anyone used peroxide to bleach out the bone to one color? Wonderful shave BTW.
Still playing with the light box. I was trying to show the bright blade finish in the light box. Not sure it worked out all that well.
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That looks fantastic, nice work. I've never tried bleaching, but I have stabilised with grapeseed oil, which gives a yellowed, semi-translucent, antique-like finish.

Wonderfully done Karl...Top Notch! Bleached or not the scales look great...

Everything looks harmonious.

Very nice work
I do love the scalloped spines

I think your light box worked great.. nice razor too!

Wow! What a beauty!

beautiful job, i love how you polished it without completely melting all the lines..

Wow, I think the scales look great as they are ! I have used peroxide as a bleaching agent on a couple of bone scales. Just place them in a tupperware container with loose fitting lid along with normal 3% peroxide and soak until the desired level of whiteness is obtained, rinse, dry completely (I left them to dry in the sun for a day), then seal with Renaissance wax. If I recall I let them soak about 72 hrs before I was satisfied.

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GREAT job!
I have a few razors with the same spine.

That Elliot will be a great shaver!
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That is a stunning piece of work. I love the scales as they are.

that is a schmick piece of work that induced a sharp intake of breath when i saw it. well done!

The best way to bleach bone is first make sure it's oil free/ degreased .Then use salon strength peroxide .You can get this stuff from hair salons that do woman's hair.It's powerful stuff and works great on bone.Nice Work !

Awesome work! The stand is interesting.

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Awesome work! The stand is interesting.

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Thank you. It's a pen holder my wife gave me for Christmas a few years ago. I collect fountain and dip pens.

That's a very nice looking razor!

That is a stunning razor! The scales look great, and the worked spine makes it better!

I really like that one, great looking blade.

Nice Job Karlej, now we know what you look like as I can see you have red hair top knot in the blade reflection.