Advice for restoring H. Boker Red Injun

[SailorJ]

Hey all,

I finally found a candidate for my first true restoration attempt trolling through a local antique shop.I thought it might be too far gone, covered in stain, who knows maybe it is but with just a little bit of 3M Metal Restorer & Polish she seemed to shine up much better than I had anticipated.



While I know many disagree with bread knifing there was a considerable amount of uneven hone ware on the heel, so its been done. Now that I have a flattened, dull, and hand polished blade how should I move forward. Does this polish appear to be good enough or would I be able to remove the pitting where the heavy stains were with a polishing wheel on a Dremel tool?

The monkey tail has been filed down by some previous miscreant, I was thinking that if I took precautions against heat with some form of heatsink I could maybe solder something on. Or perhaps bolt on? any thoughts or should I just leave it alone.

Honing: I have four stones now, a 6x2" dmt 325, Norton 4k/8k, Naniwa 12k, and an American Three Line Barbers hone.
I want to start setting the bevel, as suggested in the wiki I am using electrical tape on the spine for this part of the process. But is the dmt 325 either too small or too course a grit for the initial removal of material.

Sorry for the ramble! I am excited to bring this razor back to life it already looks worlds better than it did. Thanks in advance for any help I truly appreciate it