I went ahead and gave the blade a buff with a compound/chrome ox mix that I like to buff down some of the factory grinding and clean the steel a little more. Then it got a run on white rogue and the scales got a very low speed pass on the rogue to polish them up. A couple of light taps on the pivot and it is as tight as new.
I really don’t think this blade has seen a hone besides the factory bevel cutting. I took a closeup of the spine, looks like a new old stock blade to me. I am going to tape the spine and hone it to make it shave worthy. It would be a shame not to use the razor. It will spend the rest of its life in my possession, or rather I will retain the razor for the remainder of my life, then it will go onto someone else for another lifetime of use.