Thread: Blackened Boker, Cleaned Honed ,Polished, Stamping redarkened

Title says it all here is what I did. Found all the answers in the Library and Mentored online by 10pups.




I acknowledge a pit or two left one near heel and one along spine. As a 6 month old member. this is my present skill set. I didnt want to loose more of the stamping in the heel ,and as for the spine didnt want to distort blade geometry with current skill set.

Nice...Very nice...Congratulations on your razor restoration project.

Congrats! Very nice job. You will find out that a Boker is a fantastic shaver, known for their 'Buttery' smooth shave if properly honed. If you are not experienced in honing might I suggest sending it out to a pro such as gssixgun or Lynn, your face with thank you for it..................enjoy!

Nice work saving the etch.

A tip to darken the etch. I use Super Blue, Mothers mag and aluminum polish, a 1/2" dowel, newspaper, and brake cleaner.

After polishing out the pits clean the metal with the brake cleaner, being careful not to touch the area to be blued. Cut or tear a few 2" strips from the news paper. Roll a 6" section into a tappered applicator for the Super Blue. Use the applicator to carefully draw the bluing solution onto the etch. Don't worry about being a little sloppy, only worry about getting it into any cleaned out pits. Roll some more of the paper around the dowel in a spiral. Very lightly apply some polish to the paper. Gently polish the high spots around the darkened etch. Reapply your preferred oil or wax.

Keep learning and practicing.

Jonathan

Thank-you hot vinegar let dry, rinse with ammonia and polish with blue magic. It was in the Library and was simple and straight forward. Will keep your method in mind though. Cost for project $3.10 Time to do procedure 30 minutes. I don't mind spending money and investing time when appropriate. To the point, positive outcomes and reproduceability are high on my list for my criteria. This project was a stamping.
Etch scares me.

Originally Posted by Datsots

Nice work saving the etch.

A tip to darken the etch. I use Super Blue, Mothers mag and aluminum polish, a 1/2" dowel, newspaper, and brake cleaner.

After polishing out the pits clean the metal with the brake cleaner, being careful not to touch the area to be blued. Cut or tear a few 2" strips from the news paper. Roll a 6" section into a tappered applicator for the Super Blue. Use the applicator to carefully draw the bluing solution onto the etch. Don't worry about being a little sloppy, only worry about getting it into any cleaned out pits. Roll some more of the paper around the dowel in a spiral. Very lightly apply some polish to the paper. Gently polish the high spots around the darkened etch. Reapply your preferred oil or wax.

Keep learning and practicing.

Jonathan

Not my method but one others have used and posted before, it can be found in a few workshop threads.

The points that I thought would help your result is to clean the blade and use a stiff backer while polishing to keep the bluing you want and polish the other areas.

I included the full method so anyone else could read one thread instead of having to search for the full method. Not to require you to try unfamiliar methods for something you are already doing just fine. Vinegar and ammonia work but I feel the results are not as dark for a single iteration.

Start up purchases with Super Blue and Mothers is a bit expensive but goes a long way.

Here's my last attempt. BTW I was only trying to kill the rust and restore the appearance of age appropriate patina and etch bluing, not create a buffer queen.



Jonathan

Looks great! Now I know two ways to bring back the definition on etching.