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As I said in an earlier post, the early Bengalls were not housed in plastic scales - at least not until after the 1920s, give or take a decade or so, and even then I think that the 'plastic' used was...

Quite right Richard, a polishing mop, not a grinding wheel. My mistake! I use a close stitched cotton mop, 100mm dia by 65mm wide.

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Neil

Yes, you want 600 or 800 and 1000 - for a very fine finish.

Not sure about semi chrome - if you go right up to 1000 grit paper, it might well do it, especially if wiped down with oil and left for...

Do not soak the scales. Over the years they have dried and any moisture will get into them.

The earlier models were a mixture of horn and resin - no matter what anyone tells you.

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A little razor info, mostly from Geoffrey Tweedale, perhaps one of the most learned historians on straight razors (or open razors as we prefer to call them this side of the Atlantic) ever:

"The...