Thread: First Restore or a Pro Job?

I received this razor from my uncle. I should have taken pictures before I started messing with it, but when I received it there was a significant amount of rust all over the razor. The scales were badly warped so I unpinned it and began sanding it down. The problem is I really don't know where to go from here. Can these scales be saved? Should they be? I’m not sure what they are made out of. I was told that if they were horn I would smell wet dog when I sanded them, but there was no bad smell at all. They seem flexible enough so I am guessing celluloid. The truth is my real interest in the razor is just to get it to the place I could shave with it, but I think it would be a real beauty fully restored. You can't really see it, but on the scales it says "The Real IXL Razor"
Any advice would be welcome. Also anyone who has a picture of what this should look like restored would be great, too.

Thanks!