Thread: Help ID and advise on restoration

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

You cannot determine the maker by the number of pins!

Not by the number of pins at all, my point was to make a distinction between a 2 piece covered tang vs a one piece covered razor. Furthermore the grind of the blade just before the tang is very similar to many Boker's, that said will probably never know, unless the OP finds a little tree somewhere.

I made some light polishing on the new straight. It's completely recoverable, just need a lot of time and polishing. I need to take taile-bit of and it's just put there with 2 pins.

I took additional pictures. Thanks on the insight guys. I can now firmly say, that scales and tail are made of ivory! That's great :-)

It looks like a million dollars, congrats. Also, even if you never discover what make it really is, ivory was used for the top models, so either way it's a high end razor. Use it with pride.

Edit: Ivory that old is very brittle, be very careful if you decide to unpin it. It is very easy to crack the ivory. If it was mine, I'd just use some dental floss and a toothbrush to clean out in between the crack. Best of luck.

You could breach the ivory if you like, try to get the stains out.

Piano Ivory Bleaching