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

I think it's kind of neat that Peter Miller engraved his name on the blade. I assume he was the original owner. Now you have to do some research and find out who he was.

I do like the patina being kept. Anyone can sand and polish to mirror perfection. It takes a strong man to keep the patina.

Originally Posted by Storsven

I think it's kind of neat that Peter Miller engraved his name on the blade. I assume he was the original owner. Now you have to do some research and find out who he was.

LOL Storsven - I checked the google and there is a Peter Miller in my home-city, looks a bit young to be the original owner of this razor though... Will have to keep searching.

from www dot petermiller dot com dot au

"Peter Miller is a prominent entertainer / front man / vocalist on the Australian band scene. Having performed in a variety of different styles from Rock, Pop, Jazz, Blues and would you believe Cabaret!!!!!"

Originally Posted by Storsven

I do like the patina being kept. Anyone can sand and polish to mirror perfection. It takes a strong man to keep the patina.

I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one. It is not always easy...

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.

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!

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