First resto (practice) - HS&B OVB

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Hi All,

I posted in the Razors general section as to how far to take this restoration... (Original pics of the razor are there too)
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...storation.html

Well, seeing as I only start work next week, I figured a day or two couldn't kill. Off I trekked to Canadian Tire and picked up the following :

-Aluminium Oxide (180 & 320 grit), Iron Oxide (800 grit emery cloth) and Silicon Carbide (1k & 2k grit)
-Blue Magic metal polish (Holy Ammonia, Batman! It doesn't matter what the chemical is, what matters is the shine! <- the mask needs work...)

I got busy. A few fingers fell foul of the end of the blade - 'not shave ready' does not mean 'will not wantonly remove bits of skin'. Lesson learned. I sanded the worst of the Devil's Spit off with the rotary tool, mainly on the shank and tang and a little on the blade. In retrospect, I will not do this again. Removing the 'dings' was a PITA.

Then, progressed from 180 -> 320 -> 800 -> more bandaids and Obligatory whisky pause -> 1K -> 2K -> Polish, first by hand and then dremel with felt wheel, checking temperature every 5 seconds or so.

Anyway - I'm going to leave it as-is, make some new scales and send it for honing. At worst, it was a very good practice run. At best, it'll look good and shave well!

Once the scales are done, I'll break out the 'proper' camera.

L