Maas polish on ivory?

I picked up another basic restoration project; an old Wade & Butcher with what appears to be yellowed ivory scales. They're extremely thin and fragile looking but theres no major cracks just a few tiny chips on the wedge end. Someone "scratched" their name into it (lightly) that i'd like to sand out and then clean them up with some polish. Any suggestions? I was hoping the Maas polish would work well at removing a bit of the yellowing but wasn't sure about on ivory.

(Sorry, pictures will come tonight when i get home)

Renaissance wax works well on my ivory scales, can't comment on the MAAS has I have never used it

Pic would be great,do not use any Chemicals on Ivory.

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Originally Posted by Substance

Renaissance wax works well on my ivory scales, can't comment on the MAAS has I have never used it

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Yes definitely a good "sealer" and protectant... I need to clean some yellowing first though.

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Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Pic would be great,do not use any Chemicals on Ivory.

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Yeah i'll definitely get some photos tonight cause i'm anxious to get started cleaning this one up.
...and Maas is exactly that, a chemical cleaner and not an abrasive. Should i look into using something like SimiChrome or just micro mesh and a wax buff?

Micromesh if you must,but the beauty of old Ivory is in the patina,Maybe do nothing,need the pics.

I have used a "Magic /Eraser /Sponge" and some of milady's fingernail buffs to good advantage when dealing with bone or the high priced stuff. Just for the really grubby stuff or a final buffing.
Pix can comment!
~Richard

JMO, but when dealing with any natural animal product,(Ivory, Horn, Bone etc) less is always more.

ok heres what im working with:

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Originally Posted by boostdemon

ok heres what im working with:

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Maybe not Ivory,could be Bone.

I have a couple of bone scales that have the same looking stria. Or, I could be dead wrong.

the grainy pits make me think bone also

this is my ivory options

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Does look Bone-ish, Ivory scales typically were not pinned with washers.

They also look thick, have a picture of the scale thickness?

If bone, carefully unpin, drill the pins with a mask and sand with wet and dry up to 2K.

They could definitely be bone, im only guessing and just knowing its not plastic. They are extremely thin. Half as thin as any other razor scales i have for sure. I cant quite get a great picture of the width but this will have to do:
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I think i will drill them out, fill in that weird saw mark near the pivot and the chip at the wedge... sand lightly and wax. blade will get polished up and honed . I'll try and do that this week and post up some pics.

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Originally Posted by boostdemon

They could definitely be bone, im only guessing and just knowing its not plastic. They are extremely thin. Half as thin as any other razor scales i have for sure. I cant quite get a great picture of the width but this will have to do:

I think i will drill them out, fill in that weird saw mark near the pivot and the chip at the wedge... sand lightly and wax. blade will get polished up and honed . I'll try and do that this week and post up some pics.

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If you have materials to make new pins and washers for the razor, file the head of the pins off before trying to drill them. If you are fortunate, the pin will drop out of the other side. if not carefully drill after making a flat on the pin. Bone is very brittle and will snap. Pin the razor with the blade open at the final pinning. I pinned one a bit too tightly and my son whipped it open and the pressure broke the scales at the pivot.
~Richard

Bone. Drill em out. Save the collars. Look at the stickys in the workshop!

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Originally Posted by rolodave

I have a couple of bone scales that have the same looking stria. Or, I could be dead wrong.

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That looks like bone to me! I agree with Richard. Put a couple layers of masking tape around the pin & filled the head off. It should come apart.

anyone have some tips or links for restoring the damage in bone scales?

Reading through all the stickies and info i didn't see anything specific to bone. I'll probably be fine with everything except i'm not sure how to fill the chips and that saw mark.

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Originally Posted by boostdemon

anyone have some tips or links for restoring the damage in bone scales?

Reading through all the stickies and info i didn't see anything specific to bone. I'll probably be fine with everything except i'm not sure how to fill the chips and that saw mark.

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How thick are the scales?you can easily sand them down to about .085 if you have enough material.

They are the thinnest scales i've ever seen. We'll put it that way. lol probably less than 2mm on the pivot end.

The chips are around the edges in a few spots. The saw mark is visible in the photo above. I will be able to sand out the scratched lettering with no problem.

Here are some bone scales I made for a Wad & Butcher. I got them as thin as ivory & they don't bend. You should be able to sand them more.

Yeah thats about how thin they are.

I found this thread over at B&B http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...th-bone-scales

Seems like some CA glue mixed in with some bone dust might work to fill in some of the chips and that saw mark. We'll have to see how off the color is once i clean and sand.

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Originally Posted by boostdemon

Yeah thats about how thin they are.

I found this thread over at B&B http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...th-bone-scales

Seems like some CA glue mixed in with some bone dust might work to fill in some of the chips and that saw mark. We'll have to see how off the color is once i clean and sand.

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I have used dust & glue to fix holes also.