Thread: To Restore or Leave Alone

I bought this the other day.
The seller said thus: "I purchased a group of Civil War items at auction recently, and this is part of that collection. The wooden handle appears to be a Gabon Ebony, with some expected age and fading. There is a legible inscription scribed into one side of the handle, it appears to have been wriiten twice over, both read the same "A E Edwards Mr." and "3/4"The blade is stamped "MANUFACTURED BY WADE & BUTHCER, SHEFFIELD" The blade itself is 7/32" thick by 3/4" wide. When unfolded, evrything measures 9 1/2" long."
With this being said the question is do I restore the razor and the scales or because of the history behind it do I leave as is?? What do you guys think??


You can see in the 1st photo the writing scratched into the wood..