Thread: White Ebony Scales

Hi guys,

I found a few razors that I really like, particularly for the scales. I was wondering if getting white ebony scales will be a challenging task or if they are a readily available wood. Here are the two I was looking at:

Le Grelot 6/8 White Ebony
Thiers Issard 5/8" Flying Tudor Rose Historical Straight Razor, White Ebony | Fendrihan Shaving Store

Also, please let me know if this is not in the right forum.

White ebony is readily available. I don't use it much for scales because it has a larger pore than other ebonies and it tends to be slightly more brittle. For that fact when I do use it I am picky about it and hand select each and every piece of wood.

Not really considerd a high grade wood,is somewhat soft and pithey (SP)

Timebomb

You might consider using some "Black/White Ebony".

I have had this block sitting around waiting for me to get motivated to
use it on a seven day set. It still has the protective coating of parafin wax.

JERRY
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You have to understand that TI uses stabilized wood on many of their scales, they have some fancy way of describing it but it is "Stabilized wood" by any other name

So if you take a low grade, large pore, wood an basically impegnate it with a resin that fills every orifice, and pretty much turns the wood into plastic, you can get away using just about any wood you want..


Personally I would pick the B&W Ebony myself

Thanks for the information guys. I like the white ebony mainly for the colour. Is that just dependent on the stain or would I really have to go with white ebony to get that same colour? The black and white ebony does look quite nice too.

I bought a bottle of PENTACRYL Wood Stabilizer from Preservation Solutions. As soon as I cut the BW Ebony to size, I will soak it in this stabilizer per the directions. I don't like warped scales either.

JERRY
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There are places that sell impregnated wood as well. So if you really want white ebony and you want it to last, that would be another option. I like the B&W myself, and the pale moon is great but hard to find I'm sure.

I like that first one from classic shaving. But I agree with everyone else, I think the black/white ebony would look amazing and much better. thats just me though lo