Wee little boker. Want to restore it how would you do it?

Gents and ladies

Had this little girl kicking in the box for a little while. I honed it up today and the wife fell in love with it.

The scales are broken at the bottom pin. The etching is deep and in good condition. Pitting on various places but not deep. There is some active rust at the point but nothing major. The blade is so small which is giving me some concern.

Since this will be my first "restore" I am looking for some advice.

A lot of restores seem to revolve around the greaseless compound to bring it back up to shiny. I think that might be too harsh.

Hand sanding is an option (which everyone says is a huge effort).

The scales will be replaced with some nice ebony I have kicking around for pen turning. The blade is literally that shallow.

So how would you proceed?

Thanks

Dave

Post some pics of the blade.
That ALWAYS helps!

I think you answered your own question though.
Hand sand to get to an acceptable level that you like, make some scales, pin it and ENJOY! :tu

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Lol, I forgot to post the pics. Thanks

Heck that looks to be in pretty good shape as it is.
Blue Magic it and call it a day!

I have one razor that is between a 3/8 and a 4/8.
Darn thing is one of the BEST shavers I own.
Hardly needs a touch up either.... :shrug:
Crazy right.....

It's a great little worker. Getting under my nose has been a challenge, this little guy hit all the right angles.

The main concern is the red rust at the tip.

Now I have to research blue steel. Thanks

Blue Magic.
It is like Brasso, Mothers Mag Polish etc.
I find it works the best for me.

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Originally Posted by Chevhead

Blue Magic.
It is like Brasso, Mothers Mag Polish etc.
I find it works the best for me.

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I prefer Blue Magic also, just be careful on future restores as it doesn't play too nice with gilding and gold washes - learned that one the hard way!

hand sand. probably 320-400-600-800-1000 grits (maybe more for mirror finish)
Maas polish, hone, then shave!

:aargh: can I blame auto correct for the lack of brain power on that one...

Start in the high grits to see what you have. 400 600. To low of grit means more work in the long run and you might not have to go that far back. Back meaning lower grit.

With this one I might start at 1k or 15k. Just me :<0)

okay maybe 2k ! Get it ?

Looks beautiful just as it is now. I am new to restoring razors, just restored 2 of them but the devils spit was so deep that i couldn't remove all of it (the blades were full hollow). Let us know how it turned out!
Best of luck, Stick

It doesn't look like it needs much. If it were me I'd give it a few minutes on the polisher with some emery and rouge. I wouldn't start that blade with anything rougher then 800 grit or so if hand sanding. Good luck, and be sure to post pics when you're done with it.