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05-23-2011, 01:38 PM
Thread: Pics of real Ivory handles?
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Those Ivory scales are still being sold, even on...
Those Ivory scales are still being sold, even on eBay. Since eBay does not allow the selling of ivory items, and most of the folks selling things they found at yard sales, estate sales and so on...
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05-22-2011, 12:04 AM
Thread: Pics of real Ivory handles?
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Ivory can also be had in the form of...
Ivory can also be had in the form of pool/billiard Que balls. It was fairly common in the early vintage pool Que balls, until the Ivory trade was getting expensive and a little scarce. They then...
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05-05-2011, 05:46 PM
Thread: Pics of real Ivory handles?
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Well, it's ivory. It has single pins with no...
Well, it's ivory. It has single pins with no washer, a crack at the pin, thin, and looking inside it has saw marks on the inside of the schales. It is somewhat translucent and very smooth on the...
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05-03-2011, 03:43 PM
Thread: Pics of real Ivory handles?
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The brush Thebigspender had pictures is very...
The brush Thebigspender had pictures is very nice. I saw another ivory handle brush on another "den" shaving forum. Were there many ivory brushes made or are they the scarce hens teeth of shaving...
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05-03-2011, 12:20 AM
Thread: Pics of real Ivory handles?
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I was sent the Geo. Wostenholm&Son free as a...
I was sent the Geo. Wostenholm&Son free as a replacement for a cracked blade on an ebay transaction. Just have to look. A lot of times they are not noticed by selles on ebay with little or no...
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05-02-2011, 11:30 PM
Thread: Pics of real Ivory handles?
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And.... what about this razor at this link? Is...
And.... what about this razor at this link? Is it bone or Ivory you reckon? https://picasaweb.google.com/alanamiller/Razors?authkey=Gv1sRgCJGP16Wl1__SCg&feat=directlink#5595149806956700354
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05-02-2011, 09:59 PM
Thread: Pics of real Ivory handles?
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I looked at it a little bit ago with a good...
I looked at it a little bit ago with a good magnifier. At the end, where the pin is, the faint lines are not even wtih each other. On the right side they slant to the right and on the left side of...
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05-02-2011, 07:54 PM
Thread: Pics of real Ivory handles?
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Maybe you could take yours to the Dentist, and...
Maybe you could take yours to the Dentist, and let him give them a filling?? *S*
Kidding aside, would that example above of the "SUPERB" be an Ivory handle or not? Or, is it one of those things... -
05-02-2011, 07:14 PM
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Thanks Ron! Like the crack on the 2nd picture...
Thanks Ron!
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05-02-2011, 05:57 PM
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Lunch time I took some pictures and uploaded. I...
Lunch time I took some pictures and uploaded. I didn't use photoshop to change anything, so they are as I saw them, no cropping, etc. This is of the Geo. Wolstenholm "SUPERB" razor (I have 2) with...
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05-02-2011, 11:29 AM
Thread: Pics of real Ivory handles?
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I have a few light yellow handled razors, and was...
I have a few light yellow handled razors, and was wondering if any of them were actually ivory. The lightest colored one of the bunch has no washers around the pins and is very thin as well. It is...
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05-02-2011, 05:40 AM
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Jimmy... I'll have to post pictures tomorrow, but...
Jimmy... I'll have to post pictures tomorrow, but I just looked at the few I have with the light yellow schales. Only one has no washer. It is a Geo Wolstenholm & Son razor marked SUPERB on the...
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05-02-2011, 04:39 AM
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Pics of real Ivory handles?
I was at an antique store this evening and went there to purposedly look at the H. Boker in this collection of razors in a case that said Ivory handle. I looked and it is light yellow and has...
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