Thread: Remove oil from bone scales

Before you try to get the oil out, are you sure you don't prefer the scales to be translucent ? I'm asking because I've had a couple of old razors with bone/horn scales, and I soaked those (in neatsfoot oil) to get them shiny again.

Thanks for the replies fellas. I'll give your ideas a try and let you know what works. If the stains don't come out I may go for the translucent look, does anyone have pics of 'translucent' bone scales?

I'm pretty excited about finally doing a restore on the first razor I bought. It has needed it for a long time, but I wanted to do a couple of others first before tackling one of my favorites. Thanks for your help with the project!

Originally Posted by decraew

Before you try to get the oil out, are you sure you don't prefer the scales to be translucent ? I'm asking because I've had a couple of old razors with bone/horn scales, and I soaked those (in neatsfoot oil) to get them shiny again.

I have most of my heavy wedges rescaled in bone. I made the choice from the moment I put them on, whenever I oil down the blade, I would oil down the scales too and let them change and not fight it. So that is kind of like your idea. I am very happy with the look of them as they mature.