Thread: first restore candidate

Hey ya'll!

So I just bought my second razor of all time off of Craiglist, and it needs some work, so I thought maybe I'd try a newbie restore. It sounds like these are not exactly rare so if I mess it up maybe it won't be the end of the world? If I should leave this as is or hand it over to one of you pros, let me know before I start practising on it!

Does this razor look beyond repair? I don't think the edge is rusted, and there are no cracks or chips in the blade, so I'm hoping I can use it to learn how to restore and end up with a decent blade. I figure that those rust spots will be sanded out, and then the blade will be polished, and then honed? Then I guess at some point I should replace the scales, since these are pretty beat. Any advice for a newbie shaver and restorer?

I'm also showing this off in the show and tell forum; hope the duplicate is okay?