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    Default Green scales turning black after sanding

    Hello everyone,

    I just wanted your thoughts about this after sanding this scale it turned to black. As seen on the picture.

    I am wondering if the scales turned green with age, usage, storage or if it was made at the factory with some process...

    I also found a small metallic particle encrusted in the scale which got sanded out eventually...strange

    these scale come from some rather very casual razor with Canada stamped on the tang
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    Those scales are bakelite.
    They were originally black - with oxidation and UV exposure they turn brown or green.

    When you sand them, you are getting back into the material that is still the original color.
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    HNSB, that's exactly what I was going to say. As soon as I read the title I thought, "I bet those are Bakelite."

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    Yep, the two posts above hit the mark. Black was the original color and I always work my scales to get that beautiful black back.
    “If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)

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    Thanks guys, thats what I was thinking , back to original color ..

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    Not Bakelite, Vulcanite! Live Long and Perspire! or something like that...

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    Magpie is right, Its not bakelite but Black Hard Rubber or vulcanized rubber (AKA vulcanite & ebonite). I run into the same thing on vintage pipe stems made of the stuff.

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    I agree with Magpie and RayCover. The stuff sounds like Vulcanite.

    Here is a link with some descriptive material: Vulcanite | Art of Mourning

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