Quote Originally Posted by migralda View Post
In a strange twist of fate I sold this razor a couple of weeks ago, never seen one before and couldn't find any info about it. It shaved great & I sold it as shave ready with very positive feeback from the buyer. I have over 120 razors in my collection and just wanted to thin some out This is the back of the blade, seemed too soft while honing to be stainlessAnd has England suggesting post 1891.
Looking at JOB51's pictures the scales seem too thick to be ivory, I have several ivory scaled razors and they are without exception wafer thin, have you checked the 'Shrager' lines, this seems to be a very reliable way to confirm whether they are ivory or 'ivorine'
Yes, ivory scales are usually very thin and that is hard to gauge from a photo at times. The OP's scales look to have collarless pinning and that could be a tell on ivory scales. I have a few ivory scaled razors and on some the Sharger lines lines are very visable and on others don't really appear. I always, and maybe wrongly, assumed that the appearance of Sharger lines would depend on where on the tusk the scales were taking from and how they were sawn.

Bob