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Ran into a new issue with the Roberts warranted. The scales appear to have been treated painted or stained with some black substance. I think they are the original scales very thin yet still in good condition other than they touch on the back side. Because of this a few hundred years of nasty got stuck in them. So I did a simple green soak before neats foot oil. Well the simple green released whatever that black stuff on the scales was and stained the blade. It will come off with some light hand sanding just never seen this before. Any idea what they used back then and why it was on the scales to begin with?
A lot of old scales were dyed to make them either a solid color or to make them look more like tortoise. I have no idea what they used but it did not go very deep.
Some info on some processes from back then:
https://books.google.com/books?id=5i...q=horn&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=xV...20dyed&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=le...20dyed&f=false
A basic recipe seems to be combinations of calcium oxide, lead (II) oxide, and sometimes potassium carbonate. Dragon's Blood (a plant-derived red pigment) was used sometimes also. Other later recipes involve aniline (aminobenzene) treatments.
Any guess which process this may have been. I figured lead was involved.
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My only stub tail, acquired 2 weeks ago. lovely shaver I now see what all the fuss is about beauty and functionality, cant argue with that.
New acquisition. Clark cast steel. Steel seems in much better nick than it appears. Doesn't really have any serious craters.Attachment 243433Attachment 243434
Here's an old Wosty I got..........
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