Thread: How to determine if scales are original

Excellent question. In a nutshell, unless it is a NOS razor, it can be very difficult. Back in the day, razor scales were replaced just like shoes were taken to the shoe shop to be repared. On razors with factory marking on scales, you could get them replaced with duplicates, and if the proper pins and collers were used, and the barber or whoever did the work was good, who"s to know 50, 60, or 70 years down the road. Many razors were rescaled with fancy cell scales after they were sold. If you have a known razor that would have had the factory trademark on the scales when new, but now has either fancy or plain scales one might assume that it had been rescaled. There are always exceptions to the rule. I have a NOS Case that has fancy stork cell scales. My wifes grandfather bought it new, and I dont think he would have spent the money to get this done. So who knows. I am sure that many of our members know a lot more than I, and could shead more light on this, and correct me if needed. Best Regards and Happy Shaving, wildhog