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There we go! So the work I did was remove the old scales and hand sand the rust and patina off the blade. The blade was polished to a mirror finish and had the scales fitted by The...

I got the shallow out in the end.

I'll post a picture tonight :) I ended up sending it to be honed, polished and have the new scales fitted - its now my every day razor. It looks great. I know...

Thanks to the advice here, I've got the shallows out!

I wrapped dowling wood in some 80 and 120 grit paper, and rubbed back and forth over the whole blade, and eventually the shallows disappeared....

Ah! I get you. A sponge would probably cause the same issues. I'll see if I can improvise a longish sanding block to remove the edge of the shallow.

I've been hand sanding this razor for quite a while now, and I'm pleased to say - all the pitting has gone! The only problem I have now is - where the pitting was, it looks like I've focused sanding...

I noticed I'd dulled the edge on the spine on one spot, I managed to sand back the sharpness so its not really noticable, and I've changed the way I was sanding and am coming in at an angle to the...

Hi Folks,

The only thing I've ever hand sanded with wet and dry is a aluminium points cover from a motorbike, and wet and dry made easy work on that - I could almost scoop metal out with the wet...