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Believe it or not, that's more or less the shape I got it in. There is actually some cracking on the scales around the toe on the other side, but it's bad. The edge it has at the moment was put on by...

That's the early fake tortoise-shell technology. Translucent horn with dark blotches of dye. If it needs care, treat it like you'd treat any horn scales. In my experience, horn is one of the most...

Alas! Thanks for looking!

And yeah, I am very fond of it. As a delicious added bonus, it looks like it's going to hone up beautifully.

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The stamp reads "Geo. Hammond / Don Place / Sheffield".

I can only turn up really scanty information. Pigot's directory of professions in Sheffield, circa 1829, lists George...