Worth restoring?

[BigDaddy_05401]

Hi guys. I'm trying to decide is this worth a restore or a pass? Scale is wood (unknown type ATM) and it's a James Johnson blade. Any other idea when it might have been made?

If I do this, it'll be my first restore. I've been reading through the threads, trying to decide if it's worth the time & money.

I see alot of acrylic & new wood scales talk, but nothing on trying to bring back original ones. Let me know what you think.

 

[Firewalker]

I say go for it! Plenty of life left in that steel, I would pass on unpinning and do some VERY light sanding on the scales then seal them. Use coating of choice but I would lean toward CA. I would sand the blade through a progression of papers and do a light buff to shine it up some.

If you want new scales, I have some Interesting lighter colored wood you may like, I would be happy to PIF you a set ready for drilling and pinning if you would like.

 

[hillbilly]

Well worth it. Are you sure its wood? Looks like very old horn. Most old razors like that had horn scales. Good luck. Nice blade.

 

[Doc226]

Looking at the scales I agree with Hillbilly they look like horn, they usually clean up very nicely. That blade should also clean up nicely.

 

[Gamma]

Looks good. I'd unpin, sand down the scales, clean up the steel.
I'd look into sanding down the scales to clean up the area by the washers.
That's just me - I like it to be clean everywhere. No point in doing 1/2 a job.

 

[Mr.Oak]

definitely worth restoring IMHO

 

[BigDaddy_05401]

Well, sadly, I managed to break the scales ... so I'll be working on a total restore (new scales, blade/polish, etc...)...

And while I had them in an open state, I believe these are actually horn of some sort... what type of animals' horn is used?

 

[global_dev]

indian water buffalo, ram's, musk ox, etc.

check out http://www.texasknife.com/vcom/index.php?cPath=587_588

 

[Kailand09]

Doc what did you use to restore those horn scales? Looks great!

 

[Giant Kiwi]

I've used these as scale blanks
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160812758573?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
Good seller and the horn is decent too