What is this disease that has infected me?
I bought an ebay razor last weekend. The razor arrived friday. It is a W&B with wood scales (the seller listed as mahogany, but I'm not sure if that is correct). Overall, the condition seems okay. There is some hone wear on the blade and pitting on the tang.
So I decide to head down to the basement yesterday to clean it up a little then I'm going to send it out for honing. After a little cleaning, the pitting really starts to look bad, so I decide I should sand the blade a little to "polish it a little better". I start to sand a little and realize that I can not easily sand the pitted areas with the scales attached. I also convince myself (with no frame of reference mind you) that the pins are a little loose, so I break out the drill and remove the pins. Sadly, being a newbie and also a little clutzy, I damaged the scale with the drill. Fortunately I have some mahogany wood putty to fill in the blemish.
So somehow a "little cleaning" before sending the razor for honing has become a full blown restoration. Again I ask, what disease have I fallen prey to?