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    To see the parser in use go here PBS - Woodwright's Shop: Schedule play video number 2807.
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    Good Olde Roy Underhill, such a happy fellow, thanks for posting the cool video Osdset.
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    I'm currently waiting for this to arrive. A fancy French ivory scales with silver ornament at the bottom. Pretty sad that the blade is broken at the pivot
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    Sad about the break - however, as it is french and of that period it would not have had a tail anyway - the blade did not extend past the scales when closed, so it looks like a candidate for rounding it off, drilling a new pivot hole and re-pinning. Could even cut the scales down a bit - possibly - if the blade closes too far away from the wedge end.

    Lovely razor, anyway.

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    Thank you Neil for the good advice, I was thinking the same thing but I will probably be too nervous to try and re-shaping the scales since its ivory and IMO I consider it as a very fragile material that can be damaged very easily.
    I've posted this one before, do you think it can be a proper candidate as a replacement for the blade? It's also French but not sure if matches the era.
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    I've played a little bit with the photoshop to see how approximately it should be look like -
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    A couple restored by Neil.
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    This is what got me interested in the first place. The first two WE Hill and Sons, the third is an Arthur Bultitude.
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