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I am correct. So I go to 3M, and the guy hands me sanding paper, like he's doing me a massive favour...

Can an expert eye look at this for me please?

A 6/8

Hey hey, i had a look nd found, brass, SS and Titanium. However, the thinnest they have is 2mm, and 1/16inch = 1.6mm, so it'll be a tad thick.

Indeed, my grandfather has a workshop underneath his house, and he has an old(very old) laithe(or however you spell it (the fitting and turning cutting thing, and I considered making brass pins from...

Ok, let me put it like this. My longest running hobby is chain mailing, I have been doing it for 7 years. 2 years after I started and make a few things, I learnt about anodized aluminium jump rings....

Ok,to put it like this:

I have:
A razor.
The 3M equivalent of micro mesh Micro Mesh.
Rubbing compounds.

I need:
A jewellers anvil.
Brass Pins.

Let me take brass pins for scale replacement for instance. I have phoned 33 different companies today, and all of them have BRASS PLATED pins, but no, brass pins. Once something has become an...

Thank you for all your information.

I have started a few other threads if you would like to read them.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/workshop/69541-restoring-minimum-loss.html
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Restoring the blade.

Cannot find sandingpaper higher than 1200 grit in South Africa...

I found out, the hardware store here sells normal sanding papers up to 12k grit. So I'll go invest in some later this afternoon.

No, not tough, but incompetent. They are corrupt, so they try to make money every way possible, and they have no respect for anyone's possessions, thats why I fear to send it abroad. When I recieved...

The reason why I am afraid it would get stuck at customs here in South Africa is, when I ordered chain mailling supplies it got stuck, when I ordered a airbrush makeup thingey for my girlfriend, it...

Like I said in another thread:

Where might I find that? In the wiki? All I did for now is put some retoring oil on the plastic scales to give them some life and just gently wiped all the dust feom the blade with a microfibre cloth...

Hi Ladies and Gents,

I'm new to the forum! Hope you don't mind a South African joining in.

I got my interest piqued the other day when reading an article about straight razors, and started...