Thread: Heirloom Razor (not good condition)

Today I managed to find my great grandfathers razor. Turns out he had a S.B. Kahnweiler & Co, New York USA (thats what the tang says the other side has nothing). The Blade has Damascus Steel on it. The bad news is it is chipped and is a little dirty. Spent a minute or two with maas trying to clean it up a little. Sorry the pictures are bad still need a better camera. Thoughts on the blade. I know the chip wont go away (unless honed out) but correct me if I am right it can be honed and used. Also anything else anyone may know about the razor I would like to know. Thanks

If it weren't an heirloom piece it wouldn't be worth having anything professionally done with it.

Since it is an heirloom piece it probably is worth it...
It would be possible to shorten it a bit with a round point, or shorten it a bit more with a square point and bring it back to life.
The rest looks like it should clean up nicely, and the hone wear isn't bad at all.

Originally Posted by HNSB

If it weren't an heirloom piece it wouldn't be worth having anything professionally done with it.

Since it is an heirloom piece it probably is worth it...
It would be possible to shorten it a bit with a round point, or shorten it a bit more with a square point and bring it back to life.
The rest looks like it should clean up nicely, and the hone wear isn't bad at all.

Yep, a professional restoration expert could turn that into a round pint without losing too much blade. On the downside, you would lost part or all of the etching depending on whether they just rounded it, or also sanded and polished the blade.

i wonder how chips like that even happen.. =[

Yeah I would be against removing the etch and would most likely just get it honed, my guess is it was either dropped or maybe something landed on it, it has been in storage for many years.