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So, I was going to post asking if you can effectively polish a razor by hand...
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... but gave it a try and found out you can! This razor was so tarnished you could not really read 'Radio Steel' on the side. I found a link on the Forum mentioning using a piece of leather and polish so I cut up a pair of gloves and picked up some Flitz and gave 'er a try. The picture is not great but the blade came out pretty good snd only has some random spots to work on. But, it took HOURS! While we were watching movies with the family I just kept up a good pace and it worked out. My hand tells the story... That was AFTER washing my hands!
I have sone donor scales and a pinning kit so we'll see how that all works out tomorrow... I polished my peening hammer earlier which got me rolling on that razor as the hammer turned out pretty good as well!
This is just a blast! :D
Re: So, I was going to post asking if you can effectively polish a razor by hand...
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Prahston
Wow... He really got a different affect with his process! I did a tour of Chris Reeve Knives in Meridian Idaho and they used Joy soap as a medium along witg electrical current to anodize titanium and they got ROYGBIV reaults in cool patterns as well.
Mine was nothing like either... More of a, "Man, I screwed up!", result. The razor did have a different pattern on the bottom though. I wonder if you could paint designs with Suoer Glue, let set then soak in vinegar to get a patterned result?
There are just sooooo many directions you can go... Awesome!
I'd bet you could use melted wax and an instrument to make patterns that would stay silver and then force a patina, and the wax would be way easier to remove.
I have access to wax and waxing instruments at work too, you can do really fine work with those too, lots of possibilities there. Very interesting.!