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I'll start cleaning her up in a bit. The Genco really makes me smile. That's the first razor I have with decorative scales and bolsters, and the blade is pretty clean. The Marcella I'll probably ...

Got RAD? Maybe. But that Genco is gorgeous. Just a little cleaning up for these new beauties and they should be ready to roll.

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Getting there. Definitely coming out better than I expected. I may do a glass bead finish on the blade to hide some of the pitting and just make it a custom finish. Depends on how this keeps...

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Outback, I shoot digital. To magnify I hold the control button and press the + key until I'm as close as I want to be. Haha. I'm going to have to invest in some real time magnification for working...

That's what I figured, that's why I started at 3 last night to get rid of the serrated edge.

What's the suggestion there? One layer of tape on the spine and take it to the 1000 grit?

Yeah, I like finding them cheap and hopefully finding diamonds in the rough, or aquiring something special from someone who doesn't know or doesn't care what they have. I'm going to see what I can...

Paid $35 for both straights and a Treet SE safety razor. [emoji39] so I'm not exactly stressing about the investment.

If I keep doing restorations, maybe I'll put together a nice mini studio for razor pictures. Lol.

@Hart, I'm a semi professional photographer, though I haven't been at it in a while. My cell phone and house lighting do not play well at taking pics of a razor. I'm actually amazed at how hard...

@Outback it's a good place for me to practice. Rather mess around with this junker for a bit than mess up my beautiful French wedge. Getting some experience under my belt on a new hobby. It's...

Afraid if I keep taking from the edge instead of from the thickness, that I'll be down to a 3/8 razor with almost no edge past the notch. Haha

Yeah, what I'm going to do next is start to polish the blade via progressive sanding. Going to see how deep that corrosion went. If i can get the blade to polished, then I'll know that there will...

This is just coarse steel wool, and some time on a coarse hone with 3 layers of electrical tape on the spine, to see if I could get the edge to not look like a saw.

I'm playing with it. I figure start on the worst one. If i can make this one look decent, my other two should he a breeze.

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@BobH I thought it was done for too, but I think we might all be surprised. I'll post a few update pics shortly. It still needs a lot more work, but it's starting to look like a razor again.

@Hart Haha. Yeah, reminded me of the razor saw I used as a kid to build pinewood derby cars in boyscouts. That's for real burly men whose stubble requires a cross cut saw I guess.

Morley & Sons barber notch. Black horn scales, nickel pins, full hollow, rough.

King Mfg Co black horn handle, round blade, nickel pins, full hollow, some hone wear, but looks like it'll clean up...