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I was going this route, but the pitting although not deep was to much for my eyes to bear.

Well let's say that the razor has potential but it needs more time on the stones (more like I need more time on the hones), but acceptable for a first time on the hones.

Here is an update

You know this is a second blade right?

After about 10 minutes with 800 and 1200 grit.

Here are the pictures

With out the patina and with about 3 hours of 120 sanding. As you can see most of the pitting is gone on one side. I wool probably put Smithee hours of 120-200 grit and then I will start moving up to...

well since I am waiting for the ca glue to arrive, I will be busy on this
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does anybody know to finish bone? After sanding to let's say 1500-200 what is next? can they just be let as is or should they be wax, varnished or sealed.

Here it goes an update on the scales that are almost finish. I might need to trim the height. ( I love bone, but hate working on it).

Here is the pieces of bonds that I'm trying to make into scales. Let me tell you bone is a pain when you don't have power tools. Right now I would kill for a table belt sander. Somebody any...

Well I wasn't able to do a that much for the pitting, but it does appear to shave and the text became slightly more legible. I am waiting for stone b grade camel bone blanks that I plan to use to...

Well even under my inept hands it picked up a nice straight-ish bevel. So before I give up completely I am going to get a -1000 stone and work the bevel a bit (I was using a Norton 4/8k). And second...

Well I might just give it away, because I feel like giving up on it. The pitting is just too deep to not sand.

So here I have this greaves wedge that I want to restore, but the blade has a bunch of strains and some pitting. On one hand I can just polish and it would not take that long to get rid of the...