Thread: 1 st attempt at restoring a razor

Very pretty razor. Blade and scales are nice

As far as clean up per picks. Dont touch the swow side. Gold wash on the images look very nice. Back side, Play with mass or fltz to clean that black spot, but suspect needs deeper attention. Check wiki. In general, the backside, looks like hand sand start at 400 600 800 1000. From there depends on desired finish for backside.

Blade has a chip. I would recommend send off to vendor in classifieds. Those guys are passionate about the art, reasonable priced (i'd say cheap) and you know will be it's best. A set of stones may equate to 20 or more paid hone jobs. May be best to have pro honed blades first for comparison before you DIY. That chip may require a little advanced attention too.

Have a blast with it