Another "Worth Restoring?" Thread

[USS-SpongeBob]

Hey there folks,

My great-grandfather [apparently] carried this straight razor through the trenches of WW1 as an engineer in the Canadian army. It's not in the loveliest condition but it's far from the worst I've ever seen. Does this blade look salvageable or is it better off as a dust collector?

Sincerely,
A safety-razor user who knows next to nothing about straights

 

[Doc226]

That should clean up pretty well, the only reason it is worth it is because of the history.

 

[USS-SpongeBob]

Yeah, it's definitely a sentimental thing. I have little-to-no desire to strop a razor every day before I shave and I can't imagine I'd ever get much use (if any) out of a straight, but if I'm going to then it might as well be a family heirloom instead of something new with no history.

With pitting like that in the blade would it be typical to sand until it's perfectly smooth, or just clean it up until the majority is smooth and do my best to polish up the pits to make sure they aren't rusty? I imagine it'll be tough to work around that faint gold logo anyway.

 

[Jnatcat]

Send it off to @Doc226 for a restoration and enjoy it when it comes back looking new.