Thread: used straight razorquestions help needed

Great to hear. On some insight on the restoration, you will learn the most as you get your hands dirty. A drimmel tool with felt polishing wheels and 5 different polishing compounds was my friend when it came to polishing up the blade. Still trying to get one pit out though. I decided for mine to redu the scales. I chose a good exotic hardwood (Rosewood). A Couping saw, to cut the wood to close to the design I liked. Used the drimmel sanding wheels and sand paper ranging from 60 to 800 grit and lots and lots and lots and lots of sanding. Then some acetone, and CA thin for the wood finish. and then some micro mesh sand paper that goes from 1500 to 12000 grit. For the pins, I got some 1/16" brass rods from Hobby Lobby and some washers to fit from microfasteners. to drill the holes in the wood, I went by hand using what is called a pin vise (or pen vise) with a 1/16" drill bit.

but that was me after much research. Be sure to look on the library here. It has sooo much info to glean from. That is about the extent of my knowledge. But there are others to chime in that will help more than I can. So you are in good hands in a good place.