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  1. 12-24-2012, 06:31 PM #1
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    Name: imperial.jpg Views: 440 Size: 50.8 KBI just bought a straight on line. Its a Kennedy Spalding & Co. Syracuse. The blade says;" Imperial, Sheffield hollow ground". I can find no info on this razor company. Its in good shape, and I wonder if its worth restoring.
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    HI and welcome to SRP.

    Looks like a good candidate to me. GO for it!!

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    Kennedy Spalding & Co. Syracuse was a distributor, so like many others they had razors made with their company name on them, nevertheless a beautiful Sheffield razor!
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    Montgomery wards catalog from 1895 shows an imperial razor.


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    I just got one of those Montgomery Ward Imperials today. Don't think it's worth saving, blade or scales. Not enough for a shorty, and rust line makes me think cell rot.
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    Dad found it in a coffee mug full of pens & pencils. No idea how long he's owned it.
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    I just got one of those Montgomery Ward Imperials today. Don't think it's worth saving, blade or scales. Not enough for a shorty, and rust line makes me think cell rot.
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    Dad found it in a coffee mug full of pens & pencils. No idea how long he's owned it.
    Looks like it's last job was working as a paint scrapper...
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    I wouldn't write the scales off just yet. It's possible they're Vulcanite. If so, they won't produce the corrosive gases given off by celluloid breakdown. The only downside to Vulcanite is a tendency to brittleness and a distinctive smell, although I don't mind it.
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    I think that's a prime candidate for a restore.

    @deobfuscate, vigorously rub the scales, if they smell like Vicks vaporub they're celluloid. My guess is Bakelite or vulcanite.
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    Having camphor trees in the yard, I'm familiar with the smell associated with celluloid. I gave em a rub - vulcanite, or ebonite, I smell burnt rubber or sulfur. The scales appear mechanically sound with a few minor scuffs. For a material that suffers from brittleness these still have some life in them. Might fit on a W.H. Morley that had the damaged honey horn scales.

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    Glad to be of assistance. I just repaired a set of Vulcanite scales yesterday and honed up the blade today. It's a D Peres, Solingen 7/8 and I'm looking forward to trying it out.
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