2 Candidates for RESTORATION Which one 1st?

[Antique Hoosier]

Here are a couple of recent straight razor acquisitions of mine....

My first PUMA...( came with a very nice original box ) for $18.00

and a somewhat scarce I believe, Michael Hunter Sheffield Wedge for $10.00
I love the old scales with the previous owners intials (?) stamped into them.

Which one would you have restored first?

[bjrn]

When you say restoration, what do you mean? That Puma looks minty to me.

[crichton]

When you say restoration, what do you mean? That Puma looks minty to me.

Same here....I'd do the HUnter.....thats a cool looking razor. Imagine how she'd look with a shine and custom scales! :cool:

[DEwey]

When you say restoration, what do you mean? That Puma looks minty to me.

+1 The wedge could look great and the Puma already does!!

[Antique Hoosier]

The PUMA is actually as sharp as a butter knife.... and has a bit of a ragged blade edge...but for 18 bucks I figured it could be saved....

The HUNTER I would want to have polished and honed professionally... I hate to lose the historic scales but it would look very sharp with something a bit more exotic... Stay tuned...

[bjrn]

Well, I'd say work on honing the Puma, but I wouldn't do anything else with it. If you wanted I'm sure you could do the same with the Hunter if you wanted (just hone it that is). :)

[TromboneGuy]

Maybe just take the Hunter apart, clean the scales, polish the blade, and put it back together.

I wouldn't do anything to the Puma other than honing it.

[FloppyShoes]

+1 on leaving the puma as is. It should be honed, of course, but the only other work you should consider is some pimped scales.

The other one has some serious potential.

[Suzuki]

Agree with the above - just hone up the Puma and get the wedge pimped.

I would suggest talking to Joe Chandler - he's done a few sheffield razors for me (reground/rescaled) for very reasonable prices. I've been extremely happy with the results.

[jlander]

I thought Joe wasn't doing restorations now, just custom work. I hope I'm mistaken as I would love for him to restore a couple of razors for me.