Thread: worth restoring?

Originally Posted by Cangooner

I would never be so presumptuous as to tell another person what to do, so please don't take this in that way - I'm just throwing an offer out there. I personally think it's amazing that you have possibly identified the original owner of this razor, and find it incredibly sad that he died at Ypres, one of the battles where a large number of casualties were due to chlorine gas. If you were to take it a step further and track down any family members who indicate that they would like to have it, and you send this one to them, I will send you a razor to you from my own collection at no charge to replace it.

It's yours and you should of course do what you want with it. But it sure would be nice to think that it could be brought back into that family's hands. So I'm just throwing that out there.

At Parliament Hill here in Ottawa, there are a series of books of remembrance for each conflict that Canada has been involved in. L.Cpl. Butcher appears on this page:

Wow what a great find. That idea had occurred to me too, thought of have to admit I'd have a hard time giving it up to someone who isn't a direct descendant. I want to see it get the respect it deserves. That said if i do find family I'd like to give them a nice restored artefact rather than the disassembled pieces I have now