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upon further inspection I believe it to be horn. Any JR historians here? Why would it not have the star and cross mark? It only has the crown with V R under it.
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Any thoughts on what the scales are made of?
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd295/BluestedSRT/2010-11-22_17-12-47_206.jpg?t=1290530585

New to the forum and new to straight razors for the most part.

I was just given a JR&S razor, here are the before pictures (sorry for the craptastic cell pics). I will be restoring it in the next...