Thread: Restoring a Swede

Today I was given this razor by an old friend from school.
He learned that I was into straights, so he went out in his garage to find his grandfathers old razor. He gave it to me, insisted on not taking any money for it.
It was a touching thing really, him digging around his garage and giving me this heirloom.
So, I have decided that I wanna restore this, if at all possible, and give it back to him in "shave ready" order.
Perhaps this could convince him into this wonderful hobby.
In addition to the attached images, here is a link to pictures on my web-site.
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My hope is that some of you highly knowledgable and skilled people could check out the pictures and give your oppinion about it.
It has a really nice wooden box, with a rather fine strop on the back.
The thing that concerns me though is the size of it. It's just 7/16 of an inch.
Don't know if that is because it's been honed to death or what?
Thanks guys!