Thread: REAL tortoise shell or imitation?

Try the pin test. Heat a pin (has to be red hot) and touch the scale (preferably on the INSIDE so you dont ruin the razor) and smell. If it smells like burning plastic - it probably is. If it smell like burning bone - It's probably not synthetic. The same is true for Ivory - but Ivory tends to smell like burning tooth (that icky smell you sometimes catch a wiff of at the dentists....).

Beuitful piece by the way.

Good luck....

That's my razor up on the bay, here's the thread where I determined it to be real
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ell-scale.html

Here's another pic of this razor

For anyone thinking to outbid me on this razor you should know that this razor is cursed so stay away for your own good. I am %100 sure that who ever owns this razor will get ingrown hairs and no one wants that. I'm only bidding on this because I know a special incantation that will release the razor from it's cursed.

FOrtunately for you, Justacat, I'm out of razor-buying money for the month....
Hope you win her! She's a beautiful razor and (no offense Chayes) with a bit of buffing to get the scuffs out, those scales will shine even more!


Bad news, Justacat.... I think I'm gonna go mortgage my family...

Originally Posted by BKratchmer

FOrtunately for you, Justacat, I'm out of razor-buying money for the month....
Hope you win her! She's a beautiful razor and (no offense Chayes) with a bit of buffing to get the scuffs out, those scales will shine even more!


Bad news, Justacat.... I think I'm gonna go mortgage my family...

... you get the picture what will happen if you outbid me .

Well, the bank just called back and apparently you can't get a fourth mortgage on sisters. Jerks.

Originally Posted by BKratchmer

FOrtunately for you, Justacat, I'm out of razor-buying money for the month....
Hope you win her! She's a beautiful razor and (no offense Chayes) with a bit of buffing to get the scuffs out, those scales will shine even more!


Bad news, Justacat.... I think I'm gonna go mortgage my family...

No offence taken at all & even easily explainable!

My number 1 rule after killing a few nice razors, DO NO HARM. I cleaned it up but I came to a point where my minimal skills in working with scales forced me to stop and enjoy it as it was. I know that I could have done more buffing & cleaning but I could also just as easily damage what I find to be a beautiful razor.

Originally Posted by ChayesFSS

No offence taken at all & even easily explainable!

My number 1 rule after killing a few nice razors, DO NO HARM. I cleaned it up but I came to a point where my minimal skills in working with scales forced me to stop and enjoy it as it was. I know that I could have done more buffing & cleaning but I could also just as easily damage what I find to be a beautiful razor.

Exactly- and I understand totally! I wouldn't get near those scales for a thousand bucks myself, but if I were buying it I could think of some people who would... but yes, I think the minimalist approach is always good! I would turn them into tortoiseshell powder with a buffer in about .025 milliseconds. Take THAT Google!

Originally Posted by justacat

For anyone thinking to outbid me on this razor you should know that this razor is cursed so stay away for your own good. I am %100 sure that who ever owns this razor will get ingrown hairs and no one wants that. I'm only bidding on this because I know a special incantation that will release the razor from it's cursed.

There are a number of incantations, some secret some not so.....
Mine begins with
Hooooonnnnnnn....
Hooooonnnnnnnem.. fineee
About 25 times then like a frog on the
Budweiser commercials
CrOx.... CrOx.... about 50 times.... the last 15 so quietly it is hard to hear....