Thread: tortise

hey guys, do any of you think this is real tortise shell?
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If you're referring to the King Midas , being sold by "Honeymuffin" , I would say no . The pics are terrible , and it's hard to judge much from them . But the pic of the scale with "King Midas" embossed in it , leads me to believe they are celluloid .
BTW : The best way to run the price up on a razor , and start a bidding frenzy on a razor you're interested in buying , is to post a link to it , here . Something I wouldn't want to do .

I do not think it is

The pics are too dark and fuzzy. If I were to sell a razor and describe it as having tortoise scales I would be sure that it could be seen.

Not that it doesn't happen but for sure it is against ebay listing rules to sell actual tortoise shell as well as actual ivory. which i why you see ppl say stupid things like "natural from a large land animal, not bone" and the blah but as the others said the pic is horrid so i would bank on it being faux!

Originally Posted by BenjamanBarker

it is against ebay listing rules to sell actual tortoise shell

Even if the scales are of genuine shell, they would have been made from a turtle's rather than a tortoise's

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Even if the scales are of genuine shell, they would have been made from a turtle's rather than a tortoise's

Very true!