Ok I was antique shopping today and found a wedge razor, with a barber's notch. It's a huge blade, more long then thick but still very thick, much thicker then my Wapi. It looks like a butcher's cleaver. I'm not sure who makes this razor. The stamping of the maker was sanded off. Nothing was left to read.

The scales were old wood ones, with a glossy coat like plastic over them. The blade itself is in very good shape, despite a slight smile.

I sanded out all the dark spots, and any age marks on the blade. Now it's basically a blank, and needs to be honed etc... It has a bevel on there, but that's about it. It really needs a full restoration though, new scales, etc... I'm excited to begin this process. I don't have a lot of tools though.

I don't have a bench grinder. I have a 6k barbers hone, a 12k Chinese, and full set of diamond sheets from 1500 to 12k.

I need to do the following

Lap my Chinese 12k
Build or buy scales for this huge bohemuth
Re-hone or tocuh up this edge.


I am also curious is it worth fixing a smilling blade or just leave it alone. It's not a huge smile more like a smirk P

ok any advice is helpful I'm a total newb at this

cheers
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