UPDATE - So I have been working patiently on this balde and I am done with it. I dont mean completed...Just DONE.

I cannot get the black oxidation off without removing the etching, so I am stopping. The scales cleaned up nice and quickly, I still need to get new pins. I am considering consulting one of the resident experts and paying to finish this by more experienced hands.

This has been a learning experience and I am not giving up. I have a few more razors that I picked up, and I am going to keep trying.

From top to bottom: Taylor Eye Witness Plunkett Liverpool WEDGE -- Wade & Butcher (has a big chip and two cracks - SAD) -- H. Sabish English Steel Special Sheffield -- T.T.C Diamond Stamp Damascus Steel Etching (etching is almost gone completely, stamp is shallow also).


First up - T.T.C. this is a nice blade: Half Hollow 5/8 - my favorite only because the Wade and Butcher is ruined.