I bought this when I first got into wetshaving about a year ago. I picked it up along with a barber hone. The hone wasn't lapped and the best edge I could put on it was decent, but.... I liked the way of shaving but not the end result. Then I got into DE shaving as a stop gap kind of thing and my C-Mon sat there. But I liked shaving with a straight and now I'm all in. So I have a shave ready straight on the way to use as a learning tool.

The C-Mon was in pretty good condition, but there was some pitting and one in particular that was unsightly and deep. So I decided recently to restore it.

It's not the best restore I've seen here... not by a long shot. I'm not happy with the pins. I bent the pivot pin a little, but it works alright. I would prefer brass pins. I may have see if I can pay someone to re-pin it when I send it out to be honed.

I originally thought I would need new scales, since these looks bad and I don't care for blonde scales that much. But it seemed a shame to part the two once these were polished.

Anyway I thought I would shave my attempt at preserving a bit of history.