Originally Posted by
xiaotuzi
Got started on a Hargreaves, Smith & Co. Imperial Razor with a rattler grind. It could pretty easily be shined up nice and sparkling because there's no pits or rust (and I am a sucker for shiny objects), but this one has such deep, even patina that I'm leaving it like this. Plus, there is a faint etch in the blade surface "Hargreaves, Smith & Co. Celebrated Concave" and I don't want to risk losing that. So, just making some new horn scales for it. Just got them roughed out and hope it continue on them this weekend, gonna use Geezer's half scissor method!