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04-10-2015, 10:59 PM #1
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Thanked: 0Cast aluminum scales?
I have a razor with (I think) cast aluminum scales. They're very fancy. Are cast aluminum scales unusual? I don't see much about them on the web or in books. Is there an obvious way to differentiate them from sterling silver? I understand after 1906 anything sterling would have been marked as such. Basically, anything you can tell me about cast aluminum scales is appreciated.
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04-10-2015, 11:04 PM #2
Aluminum was never really popular. They tend to tarnish and when they do they don't look so great. Silver is much heavier and the tarnish is black and of course it's much softer than aluminum and the tarnish comes off much more easily than aluminum.
Have a picture?
Most silver scales are very ornate.No matter how many men you kill you can't kill your successor-Emperor Nero
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04-10-2015, 11:18 PM #3
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Thanked: 495Here's a T Hessenbruch& Co. One of my favorite makers and razors.
Very ornate.
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04-10-2015, 11:21 PM #4
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They polished nicely with Simichrome, but they weren't that tarnished to start with. And I think sterling would have been tarnished. The material's pretty thick, and inside the scales you can see that they're slightly hollowed out. I thought aluminum would be light, but the razor weighs an ounce and a half, and feels normal.
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04-10-2015, 11:27 PM #5
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Thanked: 495Interesting I have the woman on the back side but the famous Hessenbruch Bear with the staff on the front.
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04-10-2015, 11:35 PM #6
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Thanked: 0Yeah, that definitely looks like the same woman. And your scales are aluminum?
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04-10-2015, 11:37 PM #7
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Thanked: 495Yes they are aluminum. Its funny that your front face is different then my front face but the backs are identical.