Thread: old patina

Gugi looking at that real close from the pics it looks as though the crack is contained to the wedge area, if you just use a epoxy or resin and no cloth backing it should make a neater tighter repair. Basically
un-pin it, clean it up, then glass the two scales and the wedge together using the wedge as the backing instead of a piece of fiber cloth which will only add to the thickness of the repair.... That should give you a nice, neat, strong, repair....

That is a good idea, Glen, I guess having the wedge glued to one of the scales isn't bad, it will be pretty much invisible repair, and it will make it rather sound structurally.

One of the best people to talk to about the value as a collectible is Gary-Traveller. Ask him if honing would decrease the value.

Hmmmm....

Just my humble opinion....

Old collectible razors should not be used as found if you want to maintain their collectible value.

Those scales will go downhill. A repair might even reduce the value.


If you really want to use the razor with those ivory scales, OK, but realize that at any time they could break or crack somewhere else, and so the value goes down more. You might be stropping away one morning and suddenly POP! and one scale breaks off completely at the pivot pin. It has happened to me several times.

Another approach, if you want to use AND collect, would be to drill the pins out and remove the ivory scales and put them in storage. Then make some new scales for the razor and then use it that way.

The razor won't go downhill as easily as the scales, and if at some point you decide you want to sell it, you can return the original scales to the razor and sell it.

Repairing the scales unlikely to increase the value of the razor, from what I have seen and read.

Purty razor. I agree with the statement about the tang. It puts it a little after 1800. Old and beautiful.

Paul