Madwolf,
Congrats on your razor. There is a wealth of infor here and a ton of people willing to help. The Wiki is a great place to start.. or the forum "The Workshop".. full of info on restoring razors..

You can sure get it cleaned up a lot on your own...but you'll still need to have is sharpened.. and you'll need to learn to keep the edge sharp with a leather strop.

There is a lot to learn and it's great fun.. Read everything you can online here or buy the DVD from lynn Abrams and watch it over and over to you extract evrything you need.

For starters while you are learning.. It would be fun to clean up your razor with some Turtle wax (green bottle) rubbing compound, polish wax... Some people prefer MAAZ and still others like to use Mothers Mag and Aluminum Cleaner first... It won't hurt anything and it will surely make your razor shine more than it does now.

After you read a while you can decide if you want to restore your own or send it out.. It's not that hard to do it yourself.. but it does take some elbow greese and time.

At the workshop forum .. you'll get to see what other first time restorers hve accomplished... if you run into trouble ... there are plenty of people to help you..

Hope this helps you get started a little... I know after I got my first old Razor .. I wanted to clean it up a little, but wasn't sure how to start...

Welcome to SRP.. its a great site with lots of great people to help you along..

Maq