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On this i just left it in Neatsfoot for a month and then a light hand sanding and buffed. The second red horn blade will probably never get restored is my honest assessment , i have too many blades....

Not too shabby.
Straightened the scales and so forth :)
I might re do the gold lettering....
Honed up to Shapton 30k

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Old horn scales have been extensively dyed since the late 1700s at least. Horn was used to make a faux tortoiseshell - very many vintage razors have scales like this. I have...

Revlon hey Mike.. Because she's worth it ;)
I have hair dye but never used it to date.

I do enjoy kitchen chemistry so I will try the silver nitrate.
Red horn is ok but it reminds me of...

I think it is all done with chemicals that cause reactions which end up red..
I have used a few methods to dye horn black but i want a permanent black, the kind of thing i could buff afterwards.

I have a pair of vintage Sheffield blades one pictured below.
At first i thought these seem to be red horn but was not sure so i put them away for the time being.

Recently I've been researching...