I've got a story for you! When I first decided that the razors I liked the most were 100 years old or older, I started restoring them. Making the scales was easy for me. Buffing the metal was new...And since I didn't have a benchtop buffer at the time, I started polishing my new acquisition blades by substituting the buffer with a handheld drill holding a buffing wheel with greaseless compound...

After holding the drill between my legs with a razor sharp blade in both hands, I had enough close calls with death and stitches to buckle under and buy a benchtop buffer. It's been easy sailing since!