Is this worth Restoring?

[nmerth]

Is this razor worth sending for restoration? I got it for 10 bucks! Love that its an old school Damascus! If so who would like to do the work??
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[sapito318]

Definitly looks like it is restorable

Doesnt appear to be much more damage than oxidation. It doesnt look quite like rust, not yet at least. I cant tell from the pics if the edge is in good shape, but it looks to be rust free. I say send it off for resto straight away!

 

[nmerth]

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[leighton]

It doesn't look like pattern welded steel to me and it looks pretty small. IMHO, not worth the going rate for restoration. If you can find someone to do it for ~$20 for resto & hone, it would be worth it. But thats just my opinion, temper it with the fact that I own dozens of razors in my rotation, a hundred just sitting around looking pretty, and do restorations as a semi-serious hobby.

But if your doing it yourself, it would be worth it. Actually, if you do all the sanding & preliminary work, I might be able to do it for a reasonable rate.

But is that a crack I see in picture #1? Certainly looks like dents in the last picture. Possibly pitting. Very hard to tell from pictures alone.

 

[mdunn]

give it a going over with some MAAS or something and double check thats not a crack.

If its fine, then it should be a fairly simple job for you to sand it yourself

 

[SavantStrike]

It doesn't look like pattern welded steel to me and it looks pretty small. IMHO, not worth the going rate for restoration. If you can find someone to do it for ~$20 for resto & hone, it would be worth it. But thats just my opinion, temper it with the fact that I own dozens of razors in my rotation, a hundred just sitting around looking pretty, and do restorations as a semi-serious hobby.

But if your doing it yourself, it would be worth it. Actually, if you do all the sanding & preliminary work, I might be able to do it for a reasonable rate.

But is that a crack I see in picture #1? Certainly looks like dents in the last picture. Possibly pitting. Very hard to tell from pictures alone.

Definitely a crack. In the first picture, it looks like a crack, and then on the other side of the blade, there is a blemish visible right where the possible crack is. Of course it could just be the mother of all dents with a hair stuck to the blade on one side, too. It's hard to tell.

The suggestion to polish it up first to see what you have is a good one .