Thread: First Restore

Ok I am going to try and tackle this razor, full restore, probably just gonna go with new scales. I dont have much experience with straight razor restoration, but I do have quite a lot of experience restoring fine woodworking tools such as hand planes, chisels, spoke shaves etc. Mainly all hand cutting type tools. I have read all the threads on restoring, but still am not too clear on what to do with this blade. Here is what I was thinking....

-Start off sanding down the entire blade, working my way up to 1500 grit
-I will then use a dremel and wool wheel and start buffing out the entire blade
-Once I get to a finish I am pleased with, I will begin honing and probably end on my coticule stone

As far as just the blade goes, does this sound like a reasonable way of going about it? BTW the blade is not as bad as it looks, lots of grime and surface junk. Thanks for the info

Oh and what would you recommend for scales? To tell you the truth, I love woodworking and I do a lot of it myself, but I am just not that into wood scales.....what else would you recommend?? Thanks again for everything, I've been learning a lot of great info from this site!