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A guy that used to live local and do a lot of restoring told me that hand sanding averaged 10 hours on a blade. Before he went to the buffers. He used to watch TV and sand. I began one once and after...

Couldn't tell you on the scales. The tortoise was laminated though to it may be.

Cool razor. I'm thinking 1820 or so. If it was mine I might do neatsfoot on the scales, maybe metal polish on a paper towel on the blade but I wouldn't go beyond that. Took a long time to get that...