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I have used plain mineral oil and a soft cloth, with good results. Pipe cleaners work for getting inside the scales. I have heard that neatsfoot oil works too. I polish all my horn, shell and ivory...

I feel your apprehension about honing the Clark & Hall! Personally, I would be afraid to mar that blade hideously while removing metal from the doubtless uneven grind. Have done this before and...

What a fine antique razor! The scales look like other examples of aged tortoise shell that I have seen and own, and not like horn. Did you do an oil polish to see how they look? (with utter gentle...

Hey Kevin,
Is the verdigris covered razor really bronze? If so, folks must have been attempting to shave well B.C.
Any idea how old it is, or whether Roman, Egyptian or what? Fantastic collectors...

Hmm....crude engraving matched by crudely beautiful ivory scales, it seems!
Nice one, Sparq!

We are on a ROLL tonight! Thanks everyone for your pics. Here is my Frederick Reynolds Diamond Steel Razor.

Beautiful!! Thanks very much. Haven't ever seen so many old Sheffield treasures posted in one thread before.

Leighton, very nice razor and photos! Thanks for posting. It is very interesting to me that I have a Frederick Reynolds with an identical blade etching, also in clear horn scales. It must have been...

Sure Dave! That will be $200 postage, please!

Interesting, because the plain blade frameback Wostenholm I posted also is a Doubly Carbonized. It has a super heavy tang, too. Does yours? The fake Damascus is both a hump back on the tang and a...

Here are my oldest oldies....at least one dates back to the very early 1800's.
There is a Wostenholm frameback IXL with ivory scales and a silver escutcheon plate and a thick heavy frame, a lighter...