Thread: Does this look restorable?

Hi:
I just picked up this razor yesterday in my small-town antique shop, and I'd like to make it my first restoration. Its a Norton Cooperative Cutlery Society, Sheffield blade. Condition looks decent, no pitting and very little discolouration, but as you can see there is a good size chip. Scales need replacing, but I'm not concerned about that. Do you think getting rid of the chip leaves enough steel to work up a good edge?

I'm also wondering whether anyone has info on Norton Cooperative? There is virtually nothing on the web, and they are not listed in the SRP database. I did manage to find out that Norton Cooperative occupied, in 1919, a building in Sheffield that is now a pile of rubble, but no info on what years the business started and stopped production.