Thread: Is it worth it?

I honed one of these for a friend, and loved it for all of the two shaves I did before he took it back. That said, I would NOT pay anyone to restore this one. You can find a similar razor for probably less than the cost of a restore.

If you just sand it down, and polish it, then pay someone to hone it, you'll probably be happy with the razor. But I wouldn't recommend paying someone to restore it. I wouldn't buy this razor, or suggest for anyone else to buy it. It's really too far gone to be collectible IMHO. But it'll be a fine shaver.

An interesting feature of the razor is that it seemed NOT to let lather drip down into the pivot area. Something about the heel and thumb notch configuration will keep the lather out of your pivot area. Which was another thing I thought was cool about the one I honed for my friend.