Thread: What Should I Do?

I've JUST got a nice Emil Kronenberg Sen 5/8 that I'd say is a full hollow. Nice razor for a good price. I do like those dimensions on my Burrell; a humble razor by pedigree but I love it. It's fighting for first place with my only other razor; a W&B 4/8. I'm finding a 5/8 full hollow has more feedback than a 4/8 full hollow; and I like that actual feel. So the 'Emil' should be nice to shave with, except it's blunt; there's no other way to say it. It's also got some rust on it; actual brown rust, plus little, black, fine, spidery squiggles. It's a nice razor with nice scales that look like ivory, though I know they're probably not (and I'm not sure I'd want them to be). The scales have those fine lines in them, like growth rings on a tree. The blade has a jimp (I think they're called) on the top, and a nice longish tail on the tang. It's got a nicely shaped toe that will be less lethal than the Burrell's spike. It's got a rather garish and wanky gold wash design stating 'EDGERITE' with art deco style embellishments. It has some rust in the pivot.
So, what do I do?

(a) hone it (first one) and try and fix the rest up without taking it apart (i.e. mag wheel polisher, etc)

(b) try and take it apart (I have almost no tools) refurbish by hand polishing on wet and dry, honing , etc, etc, with no idea what I'm doing, really. I could use a fine file to grind off the pins, polish, buy some pins and re-pin it. I know that is ridiculously simplistic, but I'm conveying just the broad idea.

(c) send it to someone to be re-furbished. This would probably have to be overseas.

(d) swap it

I should say I have never honed, and the only things I polish are cufflinks and mag wheels a million years ago on my TC Cortina...