Thread: H. G. Long & Co, Sheffield probably ivory scales and a few questions

That is a lovely straight razor! You are correct, they look like Ivory to me. Ivory scales are normally thin. Pipe cleaners are thin pieces of wire with fuzzy little things on them for cleaning pipes people use for smoking from. I would not unpin it if I were you due to the fact it might crack more or break the scales. Just go to your local drug store or smoke shop & buy some pipe cleaners to clean between the scales with.
H.G. Long & Co. go back as far as 1768 & the firm had several different names but became H.G. Long & Co. Ltd in 1901. There is about a page of their history in my Tweedale's book.