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Thread: Thornhill 7 day Ivory set
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04-11-2009, 11:52 PM #1
Great looking set....Congrats and ENJOY!!!!!!!
Having Fun Shaving
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04-12-2009, 03:02 AM #2
- Join Date
- Feb 2009
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- Sacramento California
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Thanked: 7Ooh I saw that one for sale.
Nice
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04-18-2009, 06:43 AM #3
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04-18-2009, 07:48 AM #4
Thanks guys !
they cleaned up really nice with some Maas and I just honed one up yesterday, and they shave was smooth as silk ! I will get some new (and better) pics posted
now I just need to find some ivory to replace the broken scales
it also seems that the the top of the blade where the days of week & scrolls are seems to be inlaid, I have never seen this before, but looking closely you can see a slight seam, I will try to get some close up pics posted to show this
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04-19-2009, 02:36 AM #5
"Broken" scales?
If they are only cracked a tiny bit near the pins on a couple of the razors, I'd leave them alone. I don't know anything about working with ivory, but I'd just see if there's a way to reinforce the original material somehow. I bet they'd have to replace the entire scale with new ivory to do any mending. I mean, originally these were two pieces of ivovry put together with the lead spacers, so they'd have to stay that way to be true to the original design. And I don't know who could do that or for how much.
I have an ivory razor with what looks like a lead spacer at the bottom pin also. Probably from around the same era, but it's Swedish. It has what looks like a little crack near the pin, but it doesn't affect it negatively, so... I just chalk it up to it being over a hundred years old. I love ivory.
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04-19-2009, 02:45 AM #6
What a GREAT score!
I am eagerly awaiting MORE PICS
Tom
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04-19-2009, 04:13 AM #7
well the wife took the camera with her to some retreat so the cleaned up pics will have to wait until monday, sorry for the delay, until then i bumped up the resolution on the original ones I posted
as to the scales, one of them is broken at the tip (you can seen one of the broken ones in the pics above) the other is broken at the wedge,the broken tip one is still functional, the other has been repaired but it is very fragile, so it is kind of a dilema. normally I would probably rescale them all, but after the great shave I got, I just cant bring myself destroy the original look.
I was thinking that if I could find some ivory, I could entice on of our scalemasters to make me some new ones that matched the old ones, the old scales are quite thin, but seem to be very strong, and it makes the razor very nimble.
I will keep you posted guys