Thread: The Johnson family from Sheffield

Originally Posted by RezDog

Bone and ivory will both snap off like that. I cannot tell from that picture but it could be any of the above, my hunch is bone looking at the general appearance. They look a little thick for ivory. The blade however is a lovely and so is the razor over all. I hope martin or voidmonster will be along as they tend to be so very good at the history part.

Thank you, I was edging towards bone, the darkness is age/patina. On the inside side the scales, saw marks are visible and look to be hand worked. The brass detail on the scale is fastened on with brass rivets.

Those are great looking razors