A basic resto to keep it original. Polish up the blade, scales and repin it.
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A basic resto to keep it original. Polish up the blade, scales and repin it.
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Very nice!
Awesome work.
Love the way the blade cleaned up so nicely.
What did you use on the blade?
Just sanded it then polish.
I think I could see the scratch patterns on the blade polish being from spine to edge ... if so... you mush have used a very small wheel (maybe 2 inch) to reach right under the spine... am I right?
What you're seeing is a ghost of the factory grinders. With some blades being so thin I can only sand them so far. But I don't regrind or use wheels to restore razors. Just sanding.
Sure,, that's the last step. A pass on the buffer to get the shine. But I use it as sparingly as possible.
I am sorry to ask that many questions, but what sanding/polishing progression to you use?
as for me, I usually start from 600grit greaseless, then black emery, gray stainless, white rouge, then hand polish... I usually do the polishing compound with a 2 inch wheel in order to get the spine to edge scratch lines which I think look better
I try to use the buffer as little as possible. The majority is sanding and it depends on the blade. One like this I may start at 600 or so possibly to 1000 but not too often.
The buffer maybe if it needs it two fine grits for the polishing. I generally don't care for the smaller wheels.