Morning, gents!
My mother-in-law showed me a really cool find of hers over the weekend, a Boker H. & Co. Bicycle Race straight razor. It dates anywhere from 1890 to 1925, I believe, and the blade is in darned good condition. The etching of the scene looks good and it has the original case, which is taped off at one end and the other end it missing, but the embossing on the box looks good as well as the rest of it.
However, one of the scales is broken. There's not a piece missing, it's just cracked through and separated at one end.
They're plain scales, black. I wanted to know about the possibility of restoring the scale and the razor, how to go about it and the ultimate effect on its value.
Naturally, it'd just be a cool collectable to have in the family, but it would be nice if we could preserve the overall value of the razor. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
My mother-in-law showed me a really cool find of hers over the weekend, a Boker H. & Co. Bicycle Race straight razor. It dates anywhere from 1890 to 1925, I believe, and the blade is in darned good condition. The etching of the scene looks good and it has the original case, which is taped off at one end and the other end it missing, but the embossing on the box looks good as well as the rest of it.
However, one of the scales is broken. There's not a piece missing, it's just cracked through and separated at one end.
They're plain scales, black. I wanted to know about the possibility of restoring the scale and the razor, how to go about it and the ultimate effect on its value.
Naturally, it'd just be a cool collectable to have in the family, but it would be nice if we could preserve the overall value of the razor. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!