That's very nice of you PR100, but I am not going to do a lot more work on this one, except cleaning it, putting it back together and honing it. I will do a little polishing I guess, but it's a 5/8", which is a size that I don't enjoy very much. A few weeks ago I sent two 5/8" razors I'd cleaned up and honed for the monthly giveaway -- I think they will be in the May giveaway. I think that will happen to this one too!
The scales were amazingly filthy when I got them apart. They're soaking in a strong sodium percarbonate solution now. That stuff tends to kill pretty much anything you put in it, but it's fine for the septic system. Also, the copper pin was indeed a hack job -- I think these scales were a single molding that had split and been drilled and pinned back together.
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