Quote Originally Posted by Maxi View Post
Hmmm...this will most definitely get more attention in the Workshop.

That's a beautiful set. It would be a shame to lose that ivory. I'm kinda stymied....part of me says keep it all original, and part of me says pull off all the scales and get someone to make a new matching 7 day set.

I just don't know. ..... ah, it's agony really. It was the last pic that caused me to waver.
+1
Wow nice set.
The steel that I can see looks wonderful.
You cannot just buy ivory to replace them.

As long as the pivot is OK hone them and use them.

I would not blindly do this to your razors but...
I have a Henkles razor siting on the shelf that has a crack
on the wedge end of the scales much worse than
yours. I plan to grab some matching black silk thread from my
fly tying kit and wrap it up smooth and tight with
some clear nail polish.

The scales on all of yours are beautiful. I would be tempted
to do little beyond honing to to the set. I would not wrap
your razors I would just use a couple and leave the
difficult ones in the box for a while.

The problem scales could be reinforced and glued to a modern material
like G10. I would leave the extra pins and cracks to show
the age and use. Nothing looks quite like old ivory.

Piano makers are in the short list of folk that know very much about
ivory -- glue, repair, etc. There may be some here too.

For now -- a light wiping of oil.