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My first straight razor with ivory scales and I am learning some interesting things about it. Ivory was always rather luxurious so nobody used it on crap blades and poor craftmanship.

Thanks :)
Could say a little more about these quality razors, do you mean some vintage razors like this one or modern ones too. I have some old and some new razors but some has just washers between...

Pictures after cleaning. It looks much better now. Tried not to overdo cleaning because of fragility of ivory.
There is still some discoloration and crack but scales seems to hold in overall good...

Guys. I will post some pictures soon, almost done.

Hmmm I didn't buy mineral oil yet :)
Maybe intuition told me to wait a little bit.

But beeing serious I'll have a look at these links too and after reading a bit more I'll make a decision.

It says Sheffield only.

Thank you again for very detailed answer. Very interesting piece of history comes with this little razor.
Do you mind sharing source of all that informations.

Ok! I'll buy mineral oil. Thanks :)

Thanks for enlightening me on those pipe cleaners. I don't smoke so that territory is very foreign to me.

Manufacturer's name is written in two lines exactly:
H. G. LONG & Co.
SHEFFIELD
So...

I am aware they are brittle and already cracked. That's why I am asking first.

Those Schreger lines are more prominent on one side of scales (that one on photos) the other side looks more plain....

I got this razor recently and have a few questions related mainly to scales and how to restore them.

Pictures of the razor.
193635
193634

Crack on scales and pins without washers.
193627...