It doesn't seem entrancing, based on your description. Is it chipped anywhere? Rusting near the faucet holes?

These old sinks look cool, but unless the current enamel can be restored toss it. ‘Refinishing’ is a fancy word for paint. It does not hold up long term.

Love the idea of refinishing it. Can be soo cool!!

I would go as farmlike as possible with this design. Tons of potential!! Fun project!

Unless I was installing it in the garage, I wouldn't fool with this sink.

your sink is part of the whole countertop, I would get rid and do a farmers sink, which is not part of the counter and from there you can add the countertop of your choice.

I love vintage sinks with attached drainboards and I went looking for one when I did the kitchen remodel for my 1918 house. What I found is that the enamel is usually worn or chipped and, as others have mentioned, refinishing does not make them like new. The other thing with older sinks is that the drain holes were not sized for garbage disposal plumbing. I don’t know about your sink, which is more modern than the ones I looked at. If it does not have an existing disposal it may not be able to fit one. That, for me would be a bit limiting.

if the enamel is in good shape then I think that it is a very cool looking sink and it would give your new kitchen a sense of personality that’s sadly lacking in a lot of kitchen makeovers. And I wouldn’t worry about being stuck in the 50s. Generally fixtures and materials that are of the period of the house tend to look right and appropriate. It’s when people put a 1990s “Tuscan” kitchen in a 1950s rancher that things go south. Any of the counter materials you are suggesting would look good IMO.

If you decide to get rid of it, there are lots of takers. Seems like people in our area are always searching for them.NC

Those sell for a bundle. Personally, I’d keep it.

I have vanity sink too not that I love it but it gets these rusty spots all the time and for me to glaze it with paint overtime it will peel but that's just my opinion. your sink is made with shredded plywood which looks warped.

If you want to do a retro design it could work, but personally, no. it does limit you. And the kitchen is something you do for long term. Remove the sink and save it, if you like. or sell it and put the money towards a new sink. They do fetch a good price

It’s not nice enough to plan a remodel around IMO. Ditch it or maybe use in a potting shed or basement

No one refires those in an oven anymore. They just paint them. Some badly. Some rather nicely. You won’t get 59 years of wear from a painted sink. You’ll be lucky to get 5. Then you have to have it done again. Its a permanent temporary solution, that has to be repeated every few years. $300-$600 every 2-5 years.

Replace it now, a you aren't locked into that expensive cycle. You could even buy a new pretty expensive faux vintage American Standard Or Kohler for what you’d end up paying over 10 years time.

I grew up in farm country and this is the sink every farm house had. So, whenever someone says they want a farmhouse sink, this is what I think of!

You might be better off with a new sink that will meet your need. You can always donate the old sink to someplace like Habitat for Humanity.

MO farmhouse is not what I hear from your description . As much as the sink is cool it hink a large deep single bowl stainless undermount sink is just a better choice and I have a MCM ranch where we did the kitchen in a more contemporary look but still works in the house . We have back to back single bowl sinks with drain boards da kitchen designed for multiple cooks as I run a catering biz from my home