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It's not the look as much as the action. The blade stays in place up pretty well until it get to be about perpendicular to the scale. Then it flops around like a fish out of water. Adds a degree of...

Honed up nicely and had a terrific shave. Went right into the rotation.
Thinking of doing more restores out of that piece of red oak. Cheap, plenty of it and it will match my paddle station.

My second attempt at a restore. The first attempt being polishing and pinning a blade with to many pits along the edge to salvage. This blade is a Koch & Rau 5/8s, silver steel from the 20's or 30's,...