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09-30-2013, 09:09 PM #1Senior Member
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Received my first French made razor
I bought this Leblond on eBay from Estonia and it arrived today.
The blade looks really good but the seller was good at hiding the flaws in the photographs as there are some chips in the scales.
That is easily fixed though with some CA glue and progressive grits of sandpaper.
Nice razor overall though and I am anxious to see how French steel shaves.
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09-30-2013, 10:16 PM #2Senior Member
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I heated up a pin and touched it to that damaged area and it smelled like hair burning so I assume it has horn scales.
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10-01-2013, 12:31 AM #3Senior Moderator
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Nice find. I'll be she is a sweet shaver. It does not look like horn to me because it seems to uniform in color but I am frequently wrong. Enjoy.
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10-01-2013, 01:01 AM #4Senior Member
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My main concern would be,the 124 side of that blade looks like cell rot,if truley horn,is not an issue.
Thats not horn tho.Last edited by pixelfixed; 10-01-2013 at 01:04 AM.
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10-01-2013, 04:48 AM #5Senior Member
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What makes you think it's not horn pixelfixed?
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10-01-2013, 04:50 AM #6Senior Member
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It has lines running through whatever material it is. It is not smooth like plastics.
Originally Posted by lz6
When I did the hot pin test on it the black color of the scale was dark brown/red in color when the pin penetrated it. Not sure what it is.My son is a Drill Instructor in the United States Marine Corps at Parris Island, SC
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10-01-2013, 06:46 AM #7Plausibly implausible
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Nice looking little razor. Is it a 4/8 or a 3/8? Probably worth getting some new scales. These would look nice:
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10-01-2013, 10:25 AM #8Senior Member
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Looks like bakelite scales to me, I would say definitely not horn, I can see by looking at the texture of the scales where the surface as started to come away.
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10-01-2013, 11:46 AM #9Plausibly implausible
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I was thinking bakelite too....
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10-01-2013, 12:10 PM #10Senior Member
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What they said^^^ horn normally will not chip like that. Originally Posted by ProudMarineDad
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