I intended on restoring this razor and would like to find information on what type of scales it would have had or would have been appropriate for the time period.
https://i.imgur.com/gRcoel9.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/qdOjpJa.jpg
I intended on restoring this razor and would like to find information on what type of scales it would have had or would have been appropriate for the time period.
https://i.imgur.com/gRcoel9.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/qdOjpJa.jpg
Black horn or blonde (translucent) horn were common.
What I have to work with right now is walnut, would that have been something used on a razor like this?
No,,,,, Not so much
Also is there any way to figure out a narrower range of years this razor may have been made?
If you google Buffalo horn you will find lots .. You should get some black in colour , a hacksaw and sandpaper will get the job done. :)
There is a library here at SRP with tips and instructions..https://sharprazorpalace.com/worksho...wers-here.html
Straight razors were personal tools much like tooth brushes and neither of them have serial numbers. Your chances of pin pointing a specific date of manufacture are basically nil. You'd be lucky to pin it down to the decade in which it was produced in most cases.
Bob
You can say it was made before 1891.