Quote Originally Posted by guitstik View Post
Good looking haul for $3. If you want to identify the scales as to the types of material you can take a hot needle to an inconspicuous spot, usually inside the scales, and see if first it melts or not and then what does it smell like. Plastic or Bakelite will melt and smell of oil, bone and ivory do not melt and bone has a sweat odor to it. Three of those look salvageable and the third with the broken toe can be saved but with a lot more work involved.
Yep, for $3 you can't go wrong................
Does the covered tang one have any markings? The Oxford should clean up & hone to be a decent shaver. Looks like the blade is a Koch Faultless which would make a good shaver when you put some scales on it. The one with the broken blade can make a shorty.