The scales are Bakelite Tom...definitely not the original ones. I haven't gotten around to restoring this blade and replacing the scales with vintage appropriate ones yet. It is a 'cool razor'...and easy to 'Date'! :D
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That is frikkin gorgeous indeed Mike.
What's with the pivot pin though? Seems proud of the washer? Was that a WIP pic or just the way the camera angle looks.
And Tom, those John Heiffors are gorgeous. One of the last three blades in my build box is a Heiffor. May need to do that one next if it can clean up as pretty.
It's a lot newer than 1776, Mike! I think 1876?
That's a nutsy-boltsie, Mike! :roflmao
These old Heiffors were bought on Ebay back when a seller could refuse Paypal. I remember paying for them over the phone with a credit card. Unused and a bit rusty, I cleaned them up without unpinning them. The boxes are like new. They actually 'snap' as you put the ends on!
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Here's a bit of a oddity I don't see this grind very often in fact I think it's quite rare it as a shoulder and also a shoulderless grind together my Otto Busch World master.
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It's a nut and a bolt Mike...that picture was taken a long time ago before the pivot was pinned. If you look at the pin on the wedge end you can see what the pivot pin ended up looking like.
HAR! That's the point TOM...it was made as a Centennial razor marking 100 years from 1776. SO......easy to date...:rofl2:
I just KNEW IT! :idea: