Thread: It's nothing to most of you guys but...

Looks great. I like the name engraved in the blade, most men carved their names in the scales. This fella must have either been handy, or had the money to pay someone to engrave it. Pretty cool stuff.

So let modify my sweeping generalization: any patient man with enough sandpaper and steel ...

Originally Posted by Storsven

So let modify my sweeping generalization: any patient man enough sandpaper and steel ...

Much easier to agree to

Originally Posted by robellison01

Looks great. I like the name engraved in the blade, most men carved their names in the scales. This fella must have either been handy, or had the money to pay someone to engrave it. Pretty cool stuff.

It looks as if he did it himself with an awl.

I've gotten razors with names on them myself. My great great grandfather owned 4 razor and scratched his name on every single one on the scales. In my case the scales on said razors were in disrepair so I lost that bit of history in the restoration process. That's neat though that the name is on the blade itself. Nice Work!

Nice job cleaning it up.

And, I'll add some my humble opinion to that of the previous posts - whatever you do, don't EVER polish or grind that inscription off the blade.

Normally, if I'm restoring a razor I'll remove scratched in initials. Or, if the nature of the scale material makes it possible (such as old bone or wood), sand them down until they're so faint you can only see them if you look for them...

But in this case it ads a TON of character and historical charisma to the razor. As others have said, its much more than quick, sloppy initials scratched in in a hurry. Some one put a lot of time and care into which has resulted in a beautiful and unique personal, historic touch to a very nice razor.

That inscription definitely is neat. Thank you for making it a shaver and for sharing!

Well it's all been said but I too want to chime in and congratulate you. I bet it shaves like a champ!

Does it?

Ain't that pretty?? I'd shave with it!! I think you did a fine job. If I had a blade with some attractive patina, I would definitely keep part of it if not most of it on there!! Some putting adds an attractive look to blades as well in my opinion. Mirror finishes on blades can look awesome as well. Just depends what you want to do! I like your new Peter Miller custom.

As far as the engraving... Nobody knows you were or were not friends with a Peter Miller... You could make up some outlandish story about how your good friends razor came to be yours!! haha. Or you could just be honest and tell people, "It was Peter Miller's, can't you read?" They reply, "Yes, but who was he?" You respond, "I don't know... All I know is that I have his razor now."

Originally Posted by earcutter

Well it's all been said but I too want to chime in and congratulate you. I bet it shaves like a champ!

Does it?

It does shave beautifully. It's my first really heavy razor and I think I prefer them that way. Also the sweep lets me use the toe to get into hollows under my chin in a much more ergonomic way than otherwise. Keen as mustard too.