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Waldo candidate for first restore.
So some of you may have seen this razor when I first posted it in show and tell. I'll put up a pic for clarity. It had a great deal of rust on the show side, not much on the back. Cleaned up the active rust with #0000 steel wool, WD-40, and an Xacto knife. Gave it a little go with Blue Magic.
Engraving is pretty much intact, blade has significant pitting, some on the edge but it is a wedge and I'm sure there is good steal somewhere. One scale is cracked, other is peeling at the edge(or delaminating?), lead spacer is shot.
I love the look of a mirror finish blade(there is also something to be said for original patina) but I want to preserve the engraving. With the pitting I would need to remove a great deal of metal most likely ruining said engraving. So I'm wondering do I mask of the engraving and sand everything else and just try to detail that area minimally? There is almost no pitting on the back of the blade. Or, do I just accept the patina, which probably wouldn't bother me that much but would like the chance to practice sanding and polishing the blade.
For the scales I was thinking wenge, ebony, bogwood, or horn. Really leaning toward horn. Ideally with a mammoth ivory wedge. Was thinking stainless hardware if dark horn. Probably brass if I go with the wood but debatable. Any reason to keep the old scales?
Looking for opinions and discussion. I should mention I paid $3 for this razor