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    Admittedly OCD ! ;-) VintageSmurf's Avatar
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    Cool My new pups !

    Hi Folks !

    New pups (pics attached):

    1. W&B, Celebrated Hollow. No rust. Nice patina. Horn scales show no cracks whatsoever. Likely candidate for a vintage resto.

    2. Scaleless Rhodes and Champion (1814-1826) blade. VERY nice condition. That baby is my absolute oldest !

    3. Joseph Elliott Silver Steel Concave Frameback (w/ poor man's scales ! ;-)...)

    4. "The Unique" Stern & Chasseur Hollow Ground 16 (Sheffield) w/ homemade wooden scales. Very nice blade. Anyone ever heard about that make ?

    5. J.M. Schmid & Son (R.I.) "HOPE" razor. Cracked very shiny bone (or would it be ivory ? Hard to tell...) scales. Fixed w/ black yarn...;-)

    6. W&B Hollow w/ clear amber scales-celluloid ?? (idea anyone ?) w/ surface rust. After quick clean-up, no damage on the edge at all, and only moderate pitting on the tang.

    Yeah baby !!

    Take care !

    Vintage Smurf
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    Interesting collection there, I look forward to hearing how they shave, especially blades 2&3. That bottom one is more than likely horn, I've had some like that, but they were toast. Try soaking them in mink oil and they should clean up nicely!
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    Like the W&Bs, I have got to get my hands on one. or two.
    Seeing ones like your Joseph Elliott makes me want to do some custom scales. I have some good materials I'd like to try, just don't have a good candidate yet.
    Very nice.

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    Like shooter said, the scales are translucent blond horn, I would use neatsfoot oil, due to the fact that it is made from horns and hooves and would seem to be more suited to the material, I havent tried mink oil, so I dont really know.
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    Thanks guys !

    Unfortunately, what appears to be blond horn scales were badly cracked at one end, so I took them out in a rather rough manner...LOL...to get to the blade asap.

    Thanks again for your help !

    Vintage Smurf

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