Thread: Calling all ivory experts, or just one really...

Reminds of one I have which is walrus ivory. Take some pics into and away from the light at an angle.
Looking for Shreger lines or absence thereof.

Without a doubt it's a nice blade. I'm having a hard time reading the maker, who 's it made by??

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Without a doubt it's a nice blade. I'm having a hard time reading the maker, who 's it made by??

It's a Wade and Butcher, Andrew. That diamond-shaped tang is quite unusual. Do I see bottom jimps?
Very nice razor!

That & symbol is creeping close to the Butcher. Need my eyes checked maybe..... Love that diamond shaped tang and the amazing script engraving on the scales.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

That & symbol is creeping close to the Butcher. Need my eyes checked maybe..... Love that diamond shaped tang and the amazing script engraving on the scales.

Thanks. It is Wade and Butcher.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

That & symbol is creeping close to the Butcher. Need my eyes checked maybe..... Love that diamond shaped tang and the amazing script engraving on the scales.

I was able to find out a bit about the name engraved actually. The back scale has the name E.M. Beasley scratched into it. A bit of google searching and I learned that Hannah Leaming was married to Amos C. Moore on 18 July, 1806 and had a daughter named Sarah Leaming Moore who was married on 2 May, 1831 to Edward Maurice Beasley M.D. Oh and apparently Edward Maurice Beasley M.D. is a Mayflower Pilgrim descendant.
I think that perhaps the razor was presented as a wedding gift to Amos when he married Hannah and then perhaps gifted to Edward when he married Sarah. I'm probably totally wrong on that though. Just my initial assumption. Gonna research some more for sure though.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

It's a Wade and Butcher, Andrew. That diamond-shaped tang is quite unusual. Do I see bottom jimps?
Very nice razor!

Bottom jumps indeed.

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The pics aren't the greatest, but I, too, am leaning toward Ivory. I think I see schreger lines toward the bottom of the scale in post #7. I think. A steeper angle in more diffused light would make them pop more. If you have known pieces in bone click them against your teeth. Then click these against your teeth. You'll know right away by the difference if they're Ivory.

Photos 1, 2, and 3 look like polished bone to me.

Pic 4 is a coin toss.

Pics 5, 6, and 7 look like Ivory.

My conclusion, is that one scale is ivory, and one is polished bone.

And I have never been wrong about anything.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Reminds of one I have which is walrus ivory. Take some pics into and away from the light at an angle.
Looking for Shreger lines or absence thereof.

Not sure if Shreger lines or not...