Thread: First attempt at resto - Red Imp

SO, as I get into straight razors and word gets around to my in-laws, it turns out that my wife's grandfather was a barber in the 50's, and her father still has his old straight razor. So, he mailed it to me for Christmas, not knowing a thing about it. So, it's a Red Imp 133, in rough shape. Lots of pitting, but the blade edge seems salvageable. Here's the before and after, just working on it for today. I used a die grinder with a 3M scotch brite pad and then a Dremel with a buffing wheel and some valve-lapping compound. I could do a lot more with it, but I just want to see if I can get this thing to shave first! Pretty cool that he was a barber for just about the same years as these were in production. This one may be from the first run by Case, in '52-ish?