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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    Not taking anything away from you, great job, lot of skill .......... Different strokes for different folks. And I know I'm probably the only guy on this forum that would feel like that but ....... being honest.
    Not the only one. It's beautiful now, but my preference runs toward the original. I greatly admire the skill and patience though. Great job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    Not taking anything away from you, great job, lot of skill .......... but being honest ......... I would have liked to have that razor as it was before it was cleaned up. Not so much now. Different strokes for different folks. And I know I'm probably the only guy on this forum that would feel like that but ....... being honest.
    Jimmy, are you gettin grumpy in your old age? We are gonna have to send you and pixel to the grumpy old nursing home!
    Seriously, it did have some awesome patina! Along with active rust and pitting. Do a little with part, more with other parts, you may as well shine the whole thing up! Funny! I have a few I felt I overshined and about 5- 6 years later, it is coming back! This time with no rust and less pitting!
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    I rest my case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    Not taking anything away from you, great job, lot of skill .......... but being honest ......... I would have liked to have that razor as it was before it was cleaned up. Not so much now. Different strokes for different folks. And I know I'm probably the only guy on this forum that would feel like that but ....... being honest.
    honesty is always good! glad to hear all sides. personally i feel its a disservice to a blade to leave it in a state where moisture and microbes can make inroads. its a historical fact that cutlers would regrind blades as the need would arise so as to preserve the useability. some of the razors we use today are examples of that fact, being useable still because someone cared enough to not let them degrade into rusty heaps a century ago.
    and please, no one mistake what i say as promoting the haphazard regrinding and potential destruction of razors. i tend to gravitate to razors in need of saving, most need a lot more than this one did. i let the nice clean razors go to others, i prefer the rusty heaps. when i put care into cleaning them up it is always with the intention of passing them on and hoping they will be serviceable for much longer. it is a haphazard thing on my part, in my mind, if i remove active rust but leave the razor in a less than easy state of maintenance. there are exceptions. many, many exceptions. but with so many new users just getting started all the time i feel it is respect paid to these once neglected blades to give them the best chance of a long life possible. to do so i tend to give them a higher luster and strive for fewer blemishes because 1) fewer blemishes means less places for moisture and microbes and 2) a polished blade has less surface area (think- finer and finer ridges) than a less polished blade and thus does not show oxidation as readily and also has less surface for microbes to hide. take a look at the blades of yesteryear that were less finely ground vs the crocus finished blades. the crocus tend to survive much better and with less scars. not my opinion, its science. so everything i do is not for the sake of shiny, its out of respect for these old blades and my intense desire to see them persist. my respect just manifests itself differently than your respect for them. respect nonetheless.
    and i appreciate those blades that we say "if they could talk..." but i tend to hear them saying to me, "if only i had some semblance of my former self..." but again, there are exceptions, many, many exceptions.
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    Well-said. Silverloaf! (forgot your name!)
    Seriously, it seems guys are liking the crusty oldies! Why WOULD we shine em up?
    Cause we like them clean! As close to new(er) as we can get them without destroying the character, of course! Unless, of course, I come across one with perfect patina.
    I leave that pretty much alone!
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    ive been calling myself silverloaf for so ong, I forget my name too, no worries! its morgan. the manly version, not the girly one!
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    Quote Originally Posted by silverloaf View Post
    ive been calling myself silverloaf for so ong, I forget my name too, no worries! its morgan. the manly version, not the girly one!
    I once knew a girl named Tom.....in Texas City.....not goin there!
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    Morgan, no need to defend cleaning up a grungy blade. Like I said, I am in the minority on this for sure but I felt that someone had to speak for the grunge lovers among us.
    Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    Morgan, no need to defend cleaning up a grungy blade. Like I said, I am in the minority on this for sure but I felt that someone had to speak for the grunge lovers among us.
    Love me some grunge, Jimmy! Just pretty grunge!
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    Morgan, no need to defend cleaning up a grungy blade. Like I said, I am in the minority on this for sure but I felt that someone had to speak for the grunge lovers among us.
    haha, no worries jimmy, I didn't feel defensive writing it, I just tend to spout my opinion as if im standing before a judge! heres one of my exceptions. all original, theres some light pitting on the tail and I have enough respect for this one no to touch it. care and maintain, that's the name of the game here. I paid roughly 20 times the average price I pay per razor just to get into this one and all I have done is hone her up. when they survive in such rare condition I feel they deserve a little more respect than the rusty heaps I usually go after.
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    OK. You started it. That is shined-up! This is original patina!
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    "Don't be stubborn. You are missing out".
    I rest my case.

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