Originally Posted by
outback
I got this razor in a antique stores with a few others, sometime earlier this year.
The dating is somewhere from 1806- 1845 from what I find.
I spent several hours hand sanding, finishing the blade with 600 grit, W/D paper and buffing the spine and tang with Emory, leaving some pitting which resides mainly on the tang.
The scales were flattened with a clothes iron, sanded and steel wooled after a small delamination repair was made with CA, near the wedge. Soaked in Neats foot oil for about a week, then buffed with Flitz. Odd...one is black horn, other is brown with streaks.
Pinned with original wedge, brass pins, and some bronze collars sent to me by Sharpton.