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    The blade came to me with out scales and had some pitting.
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    I tried to get most of the pitting out but some of it was just to deep. Fashioned a set of streaked buffalo horn scales for her and here she is ready to go to the stones.
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    I do love multi colour and streaked horn. Sometimes trying to get all the pitting out is essentially a regrind, and very long and time consuming. They are nice looking razors with a little pitting and showing their age. I would have likely left the pitting too. Nice scales and good save.
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    Really nice job. Scales look great. Good stuff.
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    Nice job.. I would bet on that being a great shaver.

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    Outstanding! Love those scales!
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    Nice work
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    Good job.
    Something you have to watch out for when trying to get out deep pitting is the spine. If you remove metal from the spine in an area you need to do it to the entire spine. This keeps the honing gymnastics to a minimum.
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    Very nice!
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    It is a real trick to know when to keep sanding and when to leave it. Of course that place is different with every blade but I'm still not sure I know where that point is even once I get there. Especially since My attitude is sort of You say patina I say rusty looking old crap. The problem is that sometimes there's just no getting it completely clean And you have to make peace with that. I want all of mine to look like brand new but they're just not all going to. It takes a wise young grasshopper to know how to recognize the proper amount of sanding...

    Nice looking work by the way. I really like that horn.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulFLUS View Post

    It is a real trick to know when to keep sanding and when to leave it. Of course that place is different with every blade but I'm still not sure I know where that point is even once I get there. Especially since My attitude is sort of You say patina I say rusty looking old crap. The problem is that sometimes there's just no getting it completely clean And you have to make peace with that. I want all of mine to look like brand new but they're just not all going to. It takes a wise young grasshopper to know how to recognize the proper amount of sanding...
    In the bicycle world, there's a term for this: beausage (h/t to Grant Petersen). And, as-if that wasn't enough, there's an Instagram poster -- thesweetpatina -- used-cars... and proud of it.

    Some blades should be shiny; others, not. Your call, OP. Just post photos No photos? It never happened.
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    I'd give it all up, for just a little more.

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