Thread: George Wolstenholm and Sons light restoration

Hello everyone!

I'm a newbie, and just purchased a couple of razors today. One is a George Wolstenholm and Sons. Looked ugly in the antique shop, but brought it home and used some Maas, and got rid of the vast majority of the rust. What is left is a fairly shiny blade with a chip in the edge that I need to remove, and some scales that need attention.

I have two questions:

1. I know I need to remove the gouge in the razor. I've viewed gssixgun's tutorial, but I don't have a DMT to breadknife the razor. I also saw this demo on youtube that looks doable and effective:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57fLNMkJg6o

Has anyone tried this method with success?

2. The scales are in decent shape. Not sure if they are tortoise shell, or horn stained to look like tortoise shell, or plastic...I believe they are original scales. Anyway, I saw a thread where someone soaked the scales in neatsfoot oil to bring back the sheen. Is this recommended? Also, any thoughts on what I might want to consider to smooth out some of the small chips in the scales? There are no cracks, so I'd like to salvage the scales if possible.

Thanks everyone!