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    Recently aquired this Frederick Reynolds for a song. Do you think these are the original scales? They are celluloid and the razor does NOT have England stamped under Shefield. Are the scales right for the time period? I plan to hone, strop and shave with this razor- no restoration needed IMO. Just curious about the scales.

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    Doubtful..

    A close up the pins might help more
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    No pro...but highly doubt it.
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    Not a chance .......... IMHO ...........
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    Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
    Doubtful..

    A close up the pins might help more
    Please hold while your call is connected
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    Pins are not copper or brass, that is what made me wonder.
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    Just took another look. When I used to hang out in barber shops in North NJ 30 years ago, picking those old guys brains, I was told that barber supplies had a route with a delivery truck that went around to the shops with all the gear they might need. No internet, and probably very little telephone ordering.

    So anyway ....... the supply salesman carried replacement scales on the truck and would install them for the customers. Note the pin is only at the top. None at the wedge end. Although some factory razors may have had that type of scale, many, many of the replacement scales were made like that. In any case, from that time period the Reynolds would have had horn scales probably.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    Just took another look. When I used to hang out in barber shops in North NJ 30 years ago, picking those old guys brains, I was told that barber supplies had a route with a delivery truck that went around to the shops with all the gear they might need. No internet, and probably very little telephone ordering.

    So anyway ....... the supply salesman carried replacement scales on the truck and would install them for the customers. Note the pin is only at the top. None at the wedge end. Although some factory razors may have had that type of scale, many, many of the replacement scales were made like that. In any case, from that time period the Reynolds would have had horn scales probably.
    The 1 pin also peaked my interest. I don't know enough about razor construction from that period to even take a guess. A friend found this one at a swap meet in California and bought it because it was so cheap.
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    I have a barber that told me the same thing. So now that he doesn't come around anymore, I custom make them for him, hone his battered blades (chip, dings ect.). And all I did was ask if he wanted to sell any , and he put me to work. Har..!!
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    Damn hard to tell,, the scuff marks may or may not be from a recent Re-scale...

    But I also agree with Jimmy's assessment, those Candy Celluloid scales are simply not common on the Sheffield's of that time frame.
    Horn and the Slick Black Bakelite's were what we saw most often
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