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08-02-2011, 01:56 PM #1Member
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Dear W&B,
Wellcome to the life again!
[Excellent work Manah
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08-02-2011, 02:03 PM #2Senior Member
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Very good restoration work. Just like giving second life to the razor.
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08-02-2011, 02:10 PM #3Senior Member
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Very nice save Alex. The method you used to remove the chip was the best approach possible while maintaining the beauty of the blades geometry. What did you use to bring the blade to such a nice shine and not remove the blade etch? What every it was it worked very good.
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)
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08-04-2011, 11:06 PM #4Sharp as a spoon.
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Excellent save, I'm sure whomever the lucky owner is will enjoy shaves from this razor for years to come.
Why doesn't the taco truck drive around the neighborhood selling tacos & margaritas???
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08-04-2011, 11:41 PM #5Scales are not just for fish...
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Wow, that is some serious metal moving or should I say removing...Brilliant workmanship sir!
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08-05-2011, 12:17 AM #6Keeping it all STR8
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Pure inspiration. That you could take it from the before to the present: amazing.
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08-16-2011, 09:39 AM #7
I've found another W&B razor with the same handle in the old catalog.
From the catalog:
Now the question.flat ivoride handle, stamped with gold.
What is the word "ivoride"?Alex Ts.
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08-16-2011, 05:40 PM #8At this point in time...
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Great job on the restore
It means "Ivory like" ie: Faux Ivory, French Ivory my understanding is it was more a Jewelery term than a Razor term...
A composition resembling ivory in appearance and used as a substitute for it.
A plastic produced to simulate ivory. It was first produced by the Xylonite Company in 1866. Other names include Celluloid, Ivoride, Ivorine, Ivorite and Pyralin...
ps: I am just happy to finally get to help you out Alex after all the times you have helped me with my questions about tang stamps
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08-16-2011, 05:54 PM #9
According to "The History of Celluloid", it is an imitation ivory version of Xylonite, a pyroxylin plastic substance. This was made using the same formulation (but with purer forms of raw materials) as an earlier invention named Parkesine, which was a mix of cellulose nitrate along with various oils and solvents as a moldable plastic substance
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08-16-2011, 06:16 PM #10
Glen, Lee thanks. Very interesting info.
Alex Ts.
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