Thread: What would you do

I bought this razor last week from an antique shop down the road from me for 10 bucks. I really wanted something fairly easy to dip my feet in restoring razors and figured this would be the easiest out of all the other razors the shop had (it was also the cheapest). It is an S. Pearson & Co razor. (know nothing about it) blade is in good shape pretty sharp to (just not shave ready) the scales are cracked (i think they are horn but not sure) my dad said to not polish it up keep the patina and try and fix the scales. but Im just not sure what i want to do, so my question to all of you is what would you do to this razor if it was yours to restore?

Nice blade you've got there. You could just hone it and use it the way it is while you ponder if you want to do more.

Bob

Agree with Bob hone it & shave & see what it tells you to do while you are waiting

but that is an awsome looking blade I would definately leave the patina on it, as it looks great
But I would rescale it to original shape & reclaim the wegde that way
you could make it look original still by not pollishing the new scales completely leave them slightly matt & aged looking to match the blade

Being as the crack is on the wedge end you may be able to save it.
Remove, clean, epoxy, file/sand and do any sanding on scales and re-pin.
Very carefully with each step.
As far as the blade I personally would do no more than a bit of polish although it may need a touch of sand paper or steel wool at the pivot.

Originally Posted by pfries

Being as the crack is on the wedge end you may be able to save it.
Remove, clean, epoxy, file/sand and do any sanding on scales and re-pin.
Very carefully with each step.
As far as the blade I personally would do no more than a bit of polish although it may need a touch of sand paper or steel wool at the pivot.

Especially if you glue the wedge and the front scale together for reinforcement.

The blade is in great shape.

I'd hone it and see how it shaves.

I think it looks pretty cool as is. If you could figure out a way of gluing the broken part without taking it apart so you could keep the wire repair. Perhaps a very heavy body ca glue it may be super sweet. I stripped and sanded a lot of the old razors I've gotten, replaced the scales and made them look new. My new view is to keep them old looking as long as there is no active rust, red or black. I am actually going to try to recreate patina on some of the ones I've fixed up. In the end its all about personal choice and having a razor the way you want it, it is after all yours.

What i think I'm going to do is what Substance stated get it honed and while i use it, let it tell me what it wants.. whether that be to try and fix the scales or new ones... the patina is growing on me so i don't think I'm going to touch the blade just hone it up.

I'd keep her just as she is,,there is obviously some history there, probably was in a barber's rotation.

,,,,then she's yours, so do what pleases you.

I would probably just do some metal polish and a cloth on the blade. I would remove the razor and make new scales, but that is me and I'm obsessed with scale making right now.