I say use it. That's what it was made for and, with a little care, it will outlast you and your son as well. I love dealing in vintage razors and, though it's tempting to restore them to as-new - and in some cases they look like that anyway! - I tend to turn them over in my hand and look at the patina on the blade and the dings and nicks on the scales and leave at least some of it there. You cannot buy that look and it's damned hard to fake. My small collection are all in process of being brought back to use or are actually in use - and some do have full patina left on the blades, I just clean them and hone them. One frameback I have makes a point: scratched into the scales is a message from the days of the US Civil War. Fake? I don't somehow think so - there's enough grime grained into the scales to suggest it's good. The point is that here is a razor that may well (I make no claims!) have been used at Gettysburg or Bull Run - yet it's the man who used it that interests me. And if he indeed did scratch his name, outfit and dates into the scales then it deserves to be in a museum, but it's better off being used, in my opinion, even if it's only a couple of times a month.