Ooooh.Gosh. Sorry to hear about the circumstances. Nice to find a piece of history though. The Fagan has a fair bit of hone wear, so I guess that was his favourite. I am not the person to ask about value or how to best clean them unfortunately but they don't look so far gone that they're scrap. I am sure they'd clean up and be capable of being honed back to shave ready. The Taylor's Eye Witness 1000 is a nice piece of Sheffield, I think that ought to be restored. Hope someone else more knowledgeable can add something to give you an idea of what it might be worth paying to get these restored.
The George Wolstenholm Peerless also ought to be restored, it may be 150 years old and possible ivory scales.
The whole bundle is worthy of the attention of someone who knows their stuff, and I suspect it'll be worthwhile getting them cleaned, repinned and honed. Some people like to keep the patina, so hold off polishing them unless you are advised that it's for the best.
I would contradict the last sentence here as it’s very rare that pitting goes deep enough to make a razor unusable. I’ve restored hundreds of razors and don’t recall any that were total write-offs because of pitting. There have been some where I’ve had to hone past some blow holes - but not many.Micro mesh polishing cloth is good for cleaning up tarnished blades.
If you've got deep corrosion to rub out, maybe even drop down to 1,000 or 500 wet & dry sandpaper.
However, if there is pitting on or very near the edge of the blade, it probably can't be honed.
Hey thanks....I would contradict the last sentence here as it’s very rare that pitting goes deep enough to make a razor unusable. I’ve restored hundreds of razors and don’t recall any that were total write-offs because of pitting. There have been some where I’ve had to hone past some blow holes - but not many.
One piece of advice I would give to the OP is to get just one razor into a shave ready state and see if shaving with it will be something for the long term. If it is, then consider what to do with the other razors, but leave them as they are until then.
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