Thread: Some new goods!

Picked up a few straights at the antique shop today. Here is one before and after just a tiny bit of 2k grit sandpaper and some mothers polish. I really liked the scales on this one. Luckily the whole thing seems to be in remarkably good condition, box included!

Here's another one again before and after some very light sanding and some mothers polish. Cattaraugus Green Lizard.

They both came out nice but those green scales sure cleaned up well!

Thanks! I was a bit afraid to take the scales off cause I don't want to ruin them. So instead I loaded up some polishing compound on a rag and slid it back and forth between them to clean up the inside. Turned out pretty decent.

The first scales are celluloid so please don't keep them in a closed container if you can help it. They are already deteriorating and that is the twisting you see. Novelty Cutlery made some good blades and they were known for the scales with the girly photos in them.
NOVELTY SALES COMPANY
1547 Broadway, New York City
Trademark: "All In One"
ca. 1909 - 1910
~Richard

I think they might be OK, Richard. I think that is a streak of white in the cell which is making it look that way. I have seen that before. Novelty blades are awesome shavers. I often wonder who made them!

Thanks for the info. If it's better to keep celluloid out of closed containers, that's good to know! Yeah, I think it just looks odd due to the location of the streaking in the scales. Here is another angle. I see a dirty bit by the pivot looking at this photo also. Where did that toothbrush go?

As they molded those funky scales years ago, the used some artistic liberties. The scales on the Novelties which I have seen were either the photo variety or something like this.
As you have a scale of marbled gray and lay a streak of white thru, it makes a cool effect.
A hundred years later the white is shrinking faster than the gray, or vise-versa. This will cause some scale deformities. What I see here is not so bad and the blade looks great!
Give it a reprieve, I plead!