Amazes me that people even want to attempt a restore on a razor that is just plain done from many years of use and razors that were mediocre to begin with.If just for fun or to practice,thats great,but sometimes it is just not worth it.
I have what was once a fantastic Juan Volmmer palmera,fully etched blade,4+ mm of spineware the biggest frown you have ever seen and a bent tang.
Lord I would have loved to see her when she was born,she was very well loved during her tenure,But she is now dead,R.I.P.