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    Default Thornhill 7 day Ivory set

    I just acquired a 7 day set of Thornhill razors, the only info i have on them is that Thornhill of 144 New Bond st. is listed as a "cutler to her Majesty" and dates between 1869-1890, so if you have any additional info I would appreciate it.

    the blades are great with no pitting at all just a dingy patina, they are quite "wedgey" I already tried some Maas on one blade, and the result were outstanding, they have double jimps, and i really like the engraving on the top of the blades. three of the scales have cracks, but where I would get Ivory I have no idea, also i found it interesting that the spacers appear to be lead. The case is labled "Edwin Hill" so I am not sure if this is original or not, anyway, bad photography aside, here they are






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    Very nice!! 7-day sets are cool... one day

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    Great looking set....Congrats and ENJOY!!!!!!!
    Having Fun Shaving

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    Ooh I saw that one for sale.
    Nice

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    Those look so nice.

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    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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    "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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    What a GREAT score!
    I am eagerly awaiting MORE PICS


    Tom

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    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

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    Oh WOW!

    I've been keeping and eye on this thread and trying not to drool, but I just noticed something with those higher-res pictures.

    Am I right that the engraving on the back of the spine is actually not and engraving, but a base relief?

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