Quote Originally Posted by brooksie967 View Post
Thanks for all the tips! I'll try to get a better picture of the scales up sometime soon so I can get advice on those. The soaking in oil method seems good but i'm not sure if they are too far gone!
This might give you a bit of an idea about the restorative possibilities with neatsfoot oil. Look especially at the pics of the pivot end of the scales before and after (scroll down). That was the result of soaking in oil and sanding, repeating that several times, and nothing else. Other than oiling and sanding, the only thing I did to the scales was to retouch the paint in the lettering.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...rket-find.html