As I am new to straight razor shaving (started with disposable blades) I am getting ready to purchase a new razor, strop, hones and so forth. I have been hitting the flea markets to pick up a few razors to restore and practice honing. I have picked up a J.R. Torrey and the one below in the pictures. It is obviously Sheffield steel, it was a decent price a $10 and I did not think too much about it until I un-pinned it to start cleaning it up. There are saw marks on the inside of the scales, I heated up a pin to cherry and it does not melt or smoke when touched to the scale. I ran a razor blade across the inside of the scales and it scrapes does not curl like plastic, upon closer inspection it appears to have a very tight fine grain but you have to look very closely to see it. The overall finish on the razor was not of a quality I would expect to find Ivory on. Does anyone know the actual make of this razor from the stamp? Are there any other tests to see if this is ivory?
Thanks to all
and thank you for the wealth of information on the forum.
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