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  1. Thread: Boots Vintage

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    Re tested the scales and they are faux ivory. I...

    Re tested the scales and they are faux ivory. I didn't get the needle hot enough first time around and in my defence they were collar less.
    I have many ivory scales that are thin but I also have one...
  2. Thread: Boots Vintage

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    That's exactly what I thought concerning the...

    That's exactly what I thought concerning the scales but they have the ivory grain and resist a hot needle.
    Probably they were not mass produced otherwise we would have seen more of them about. Who...
  3. Thread: Boots Vintage

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    Hi Bob, I have no idea as to the maker. The...

    Hi Bob,
    I have no idea as to the maker.

    The tang says, "YSC 423 Sheffield" and the scales are Ivory.
  4. Thread: Boots Vintage

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    Boots Vintage

    A couple of vintage blades.

    One of them is a Boots Nonrusta, Sheffield Steel razor.
    Never seen these before. Boots is the UK's largest chemist chain with over 2500 stores . They started in 1849...
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