Well I have really enjoyed cleaning and restoring (nothing museum quality :P) these old razors, relaxing and great little hobby!

Here is a Union Cutlery - Spike , 9/16 near wedge

I have seen a few of these here on the forums and I would like you gentlemen to provide some opinions on the hone ware (severity?) as I was planning on selling this and returning the old blade to "Active duty". I am just a beginner so I will not be attempting to (no do I own the equip) hone the blade.

The lettering was partially filled with what looked like moldy-green paint when I received it, were they originally black??? I also build 1/24 scale models so I have some experience/tricks with painting small detail areas. I might take a shot at getting them back to original form.

Now on to the pics!