Thread: Is this a good candidate for 1st restore?

From what little I have read, and what I am witnessing with the one resto I have done. The patina will come back over time, will it not? Might the only difference be in how "evenly" it comes back to the blade when in the hands of someone who will care for it?

Originally Posted by Orville

From what little I have read, and what I am witnessing with the one resto I have done. The patina will come back over time, will it not? Might the only difference be in how "evenly" it comes back to the blade when in the hands of someone who will care for it?

I'm sure it will come back, but from what I've been able to find, this razor is from somewhere between the late 1800s or early 1900s, so it would take more than 100 years to get the patina to this level.

To me, it's kind of like erasing history and only the events that occur from this point on are looked upon as real. Now, if you have a really ugly history, you may wish you could do that, which I see as being like fully restoring a neglected, rusty razor. But if your history is pleasant, you would want to preserve that.

Just my opinion.

I think it looks really good, you did a great job on the scales.