Thread: Boker restore with olive wood scales

Unless you plan on soaking your razor in water, dont worry about it. Water contact with the scales should be incidental at most. Olive is a very oily wood. It is somewhat water repellent in the raw. Since the wood is oily to begin with, and quite dense, it will not take an oil finish well. Urethanes can have issues curing again due to the oily nature of the wood. A chemically hardened finish is best like CA or Epoxy resin. You could also just give it a couple coats of renaissance wax and leave it pinned.