Thread: Restoration - not so much. Gold Bug, Germany.

It was at the flea market last weekend. About 10% rust, lots of stains and plenty of gummy grunge. Nevertheless it didn't look like anyone put it on a benchgrinder and the orginal scales looked nice. Seven bucks, not negotiated. Plenty of spine wear, bevel crapped out and a good start on half-a-smile.



Degrunged with an electric toothbrush and toothpaste, buffed with tripoli, polished up with MicroMesh. A couple of layers of tape, a King 1000, Norton 4/8K, CrOx on webbing, white paste on linen and a leather strop later... Not "restored" or a thing of beauty but it did shave a darn nice shave this morning.

The gold wash is 98% gone and the spine is corrupted but, still, the Bug is back in service. Since it honed up so nicely/predictably I may use the Bug for a proper down-to-bones clean and polish experiment. 18 months ago I wouldn't have considered shaving with a straight let alone restoring one but, thanks to so much generous help, encouragement and experience at SRP it's in the cards. Y'all are OK.