Thread: got my thiers issard from france here she is after a long restore

Well you guys all told me it was a major risk buying a thiers issard 69 frameback for only 22 shipped from france with the paddle strop also and i may have learned my lesson or i may not have. There is still pitting and staining and you can still tell its old but pitting and staining is minimal. This thing didnt have as much of the black stuff along the cutting edge it appeared it did in the pictures from before but it was covered in rust like bad this was my hardest restore yet. i started at 500 grit but it wouldnt do the job so i dropped to 400 still didnt work too well unfortunately i had to drop to 300 i took it easy and really slow i took a few hours on each grit and this restore probably took around 7 hours or more total. There was a small chip near the edge off the blade and most of it came out luckily. Only thing that sucks is i didnt unpin the razor to sand the blade under the scale where it connects since i dont have the means to repin or the expierience i wish i could repin it and sand the rust i am sure i missed since this is probably my most valuable razor but maybe some other time. Do you guys think its worth trying to find someone to hone this razor? Or do you think that with all the work i did and the shape its still in that its a waste of time? Let me know and if you guys think its worth it i need to find someone to hone it and a few other razors fairly inexpensively i have extra money but not much right now i didnt get much for my other razors i sold one of which was nos bummer :/ thanks guys took all your advice on this restore as well and they come out with less scratches left at the end as well just wish i could of gotten away starting at 500 grit. Thank you all everyone has helped me so much on here and i truly appreciate it. Any info om thiers and year this was produced appreciated as usual.-john (before then after pics)