Thread: making progress

I am still new and learning to shave every day. I bought a couple of vintage razors to learn how to sharpen and hone with and thought I'd try my had at restoration. No tools yet so I'm getting to know the steel real close with sand paper. I am up to 1000 grit so far...

I understand that black stuff is called Devil's spit and I can see why now...

Nice job on the restoration, especially with the rust removal. Question though: is the blade uneven, or is that just an optical illusion from the light? It almost doesn't look like a straight edge but slightly wavy (if that makes sense).

I think there are two things at play that may be causing an optical illusion. 1st is the flash from the camera that was probably too close. Other pics I have taken without the flash remove the bright spot in the middle and some of the 'squiggles' are gone in that pic. The other idea is that the razor is laying on a piece of rabbit skin and that is not laying perfectly flat. The slight waves in the skin may be causing the eye to percieve the blade as being wavy. When I put it on my hone it is perfectly flat.

There may still be some sand marks that are circular as well that I've not buffed out yet...

good work
that is how most of us start to clean up the blades.
I would suggest unpin the blade and clean up.
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I am working on a restoration right now. the razor is good enough to shave with but i want to make custom scales and i want to polish the blade a bit it has a lot of patina ( its what happens to old carbon steal when the steal turns grey.) one of the reasons i got into sr's is because i am a reenactor and i believe you are too by ur pic.

Great job Scot! You'll be forging steel before you know it.