First attempt at restoration

I'm kinda happy of the outcome of this first restoration. Rescued from the bay this Ern&Co Damokles, which was in TERRIBLE shape.
Gave it a 15 min bath with Dawn+water, Scrubbing Bubbles treatment, polished with White Diamond and 0000 steel wool, sanded starting with 120/180/220/320/400/600/800/1000/1500 grits progression, then Micro-Mash 1800/2400/3200/3600/4000/6000/8000/12000. Polished again. Honed with lapping film (12, 9, 5, 3, 1 microns).
Couldn't get rid of 100% of the pitting, but did not go crazy since it's far from the edge.
By the way, anyone ever seen this razor? I've heard of Ern&Co's, but the scales on this one are very unusual.
Cheers!

BEFORE

After

Looks Great!

Good Job.

Nice job! Love the scales and the shape of the blade. Just don't hang it over your head and you're good! =D

Nifty scales and nice clean up!

Great job!

Real nice work!

Those are some really great scales. Nice job on the clean-up!

Those are funky.

Great job.


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That looks good, nice work.

Wow those scales look stunning, well done you have done a great job.

And it shaves! That looks like a good job. Good luck now you will be too busy doing more restorations . It feels good to bring them back to life.

Well done on a really cool razor!


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Great job!! Those scales are neat!!

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And it shaves! That looks like a good job. Good luck now you will be too busy doing more restorations . It feels good to bring them back to life.

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I must agree with everyone's assessment of the wonderful job you did.

Even though I have used a straight razor for a long time I cannot get the scales off without breaking them. The blades turn out well; but, I always end up making new scales.

Excellent!

Looks great job well done! Those are some of the coolest scales I have ever seen.