Hi

Have been using the forum for a short time now and found it to be very informative & the members extremely helpful to newcomers, on the downside I am finding it turning out to be quite expensive! new strop, shaving cream\aftershave etc. (note to myself ...need to keep hands in pockets).

I have posted in a couple of threads but this is my first starter so here goes....what I am after is a little advice, I was considering bidding on an ebay special that stated "either Bone or Ivory scales". too late now but it struck me that I would not be able to tell the difference anyway, so what exactly should I be looking out for to differentiate the two ?, the grain would be different I imagine, but in what way ?, I have searched earlier threads but cannot find anything on this so it may be informative to others as well.

Many thanks

Dunk