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I'm pretty hard headed, but I think you are correct. I had never seen pressed scales this thin, but I have examined them more and I think they probably are pressed horn. I am going to try to resurect...

I respectfully disagree. Horn has layers to some degree. This has none. Perhaps tortoise. I have several old tortoise scaled razors an have yet to see a nearly clear one. Did they not cast anything...

Walt thank you for your help, but I have several pressed horn scales and these are not horn. They are very thin. Almost as thin as very thin ivory scales. The back side of the scales are perhaps worm...

I am certain they are not horn. They are a translucent amber color unlike any I have ever seen. On the tang is CUVIER. Underneath is A PARIS.

129864129865129866129867129868I have an old razor in rough condition . It has scales unfamiliar to me. I think they were cast of maybe shellac or something similar. The shank has CUVIER and A PARIS...