Quote Originally Posted by HunterHagan View Post
At least i'm straight forward, instead of acting all passive aggressive and making false assumptions. The question you asked being far from simple when you consider how incorrect your view of me is.

Also, if I were cursing there would be much stronger words than "hell" being used.
Please, if in doubt assume that the poster is not attacking you and do not escalate things. This is international forum and you can notice the member is from Germany, so there may be a language barrier.



Quote Originally Posted by HunterHagan View Post
I ordered my first straight, a GD 66 for 6$ shipped. But after reading around I decided to get a vintage one also.
Vintage Columbia Cutlery Co Extra Hollow Ground Straight Razor 11 16 | eBay
That razor is heavily sanded and not done well at all (the pitting, the rounding of the spine, the sandpaper scratches are all there). I don't know how much polishing goes on a sword, but if you have extensive experience you should be able to do a lot better than what the previous owner did.
At least it looks like he hand sanded it and din't use power tools, the incompetent use of which could destroy the temper of the razor.

For future reference natural hones tend to be slow, so the jump from your 3k to a natural may be quite challenging. Normally one would use a slurry to speed up the cutting, but even with that what would be 20 strokes on a norton 8k may be hundreds and even more on a natural hone.