Thread: Estate Straight Razor Collection! Ivory??, W&B's, Choppers, Hollows, Big Stubtail

Originally Posted by JP5

Also, a few questions.

Did W&B ever use wood scales? That is the first time I've seen them. First picture in the middle.

Are the Engels scales with bolsters celluloid or something else?

Anyone else think that Joseph might be ivory or were they never done in that style?

Wood scales on old Sheffield razors are exceptionally rare, and I think the only ones I've seen that are plausibly original are scaled in either ebony or rosewood.

Those scales do look plausibly original, but I'm not sure they're wood. Old horn can look a lot like wood if it's been badly abused. A closer picture would help.

Nice lot. I like really rusty blades... What can you do with ones in great condition, restoration wise.

When ever I see a whole bunch of blades like that I think of the past owner ,probably gone from this world and how he must have acquired each blade feeding his RAD.

As we are all collectors suffering from the incurable RAD disease

Originally Posted by JOB15

Nice lot. I like really rusty blades... What can you do with ones in great condition, restoration wise.

When ever I see a whole bunch of blades like that I think of the past owner ,probably gone from this world and how he must have acquired each blade feeding his RAD.

As we are all collectors suffering from the incurable RAD disease

You would LOVE these. If you have any that are too shiny for your taste we could do some trading!

If you are referring to the razor that is in the two Razor picture that appears to look like carved bone scales, I think those are plastic of some kind and neither bone or ivory.

Originally Posted by RezDog

If you are referring to the razor that is in the two Razor picture that appears to look like carved bone scales, I think those are plastic of some kind and neither bone or ivory.

Gaaah!

Originally Posted by RezDog

If you are referring to the razor that is in the two Razor picture that appears to look like carved bone scales, I think those are plastic of some kind and neither bone or ivory.

Probably. Like I said before, I only looked at them for a second. I probably just saw the pretty with scales and got ahead if myself. I wonder what kind of plastic (Bakelite?) It would be because it seemed pretty hard on the surface.

Nice looking Union Spike hiding out in that photo!