Any knowledge about my John Barber?

Dear all,

Maybe some of you can help me to gain any knowledge about my John Barber straight razor i found in my Grandfathers heritage.
As far as i understood it seems to be manufactured by JB. Thanks to Neil Miller‘s explanations under http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ly-1800-a.html .
As you will see the edge not immaculate and i‘m wondering if i should keep it as it is or let it restore by an expierienced cutler.
I‘m thankful for any information about my razor.

Alex

By the way. Below i also attached a foto of the case the razor was in. Well, razor and case do not match, but does one of you know this company „Prima Schweizer Rasiermesser“?

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If it was my grandfathers I would definitely keep it. You would be sorry you let it go! If you were also planning to use it I would send it out to be restored first. If not, you could keep it as it is.

It's a nice razor!


Mike

It looks like it's a little over 5/8". Once the chips are honed out it will be about 5/8", which is a very popular width for a razor, very usable.

If you send it to be restored, be sure you send it to someone who specializes in straight razors. Someone who restores knives but not razors will not know the techniques or even the goal and will likely do the wrong thing.

It's a very nice piece and except for the chips it is actually in very good shape.