Thread: SOOO CLOSE TO MAKING IT PRETTY

as you can see i have made some improvement, i am only use hand sanders so it is slow going there are two spots that are killing me. they are hard to see on the pic but at the moment i am using 60 grit Sand. should i go lower or should i use something else =

Dude, that is plenty low, please don't get any rougher...now you have to get all the deep scratches out of it on the next grit level. I seldom go below 220 & if I do, I know that I am in it for a while getting those deep canyon gouges out. You have your work cut out for you thru 400 grit, then as long as you got all those deep scratches out, it's easy going from there. Best of luck to you...

okay, ummm what would you recomend for the letters, i want to get some of that rust out.

I had to go down to 60 grit on old sheffield steel and i'm currently in the process of sanding at 120 or 220 IIRC. Mine actually looks identical to yours is it a wostenholm?

*edit - I realized I didn't answer your question. I wouldn't go any lower than 60 as was recommended. If the rust is that bad to where you can't remove large bits of it then I would worry about the razors useability overall. If there are just a few tiny pits here and there, I wouldn't worry about them.

Wooden toothpicks,Q-tips, & rags with metal polish. If you deep going with that 60 grit you won't have any letters left when you get the scratches out of the tang. Take your time, razor restoration takes time and patience. If you don't, the restore will reflect it. We try to stay to the adage: less is more

Originally Posted by shooter74743

Dude, that is plenty low, please don't get any rougher...now you have to get all the deep scratches out of it on the next grit level. I seldom go below 220 & if I do, I know that I am in it for a while getting those deep canyon gouges out. You have your work cut out for you thru 400 grit, then as long as you got all those deep scratches out, it's easy going from there.

+1 on all of that. Good luck man. Feel free to ask questions if you have them.

Originally Posted by TwistedOak

I had to go down to 60 grit on old sheffield steel and i'm currently in the process of sanding at 120 or 220 IIRC. Mine actually looks identical to yours is it a wostenholm?

*edit - I realized I didn't answer your question. I wouldn't go any lower than 60 as was recommended. If the rust is that bad to where you can't remove large bits of it then I would worry about the razors useability overall. If there are just a few tiny pits here and there, I wouldn't worry about them.

its a frederick Reynolds sheffield, i got it as i first time restore job, i wanted to practice on a razor, cuz i am also resorting my great grandpas razor. So i am restoring this razor i got for 15 bucks and has no sentimental value, having said that i am growing to really like this razor and i hope i don't mess it up