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Fantastic info... Thanks so much for adding it to the thread! :beer1:

It's all put together, honed up and I just completed an effortless three-pass shave. With the smiling edge and the weight behind it the shave was butter! Very satisfying to enjoy using this razor. ...

Yes, I make a clean smooth surface first then apply satin finish. In my experience a satin finish is very unforgiving and tends to highlight flaws instead of hide them.

When putting the finish...

The last step for the blade, and maybe the most fun, is putting the satin finish on the blade faces. I learned a lot from methods described in this post...

Back to work on the blade today. I sanded up to 2000 grit and have a nice even surface ready for applying the satin finish. I'm please with the way it turned out so far, if I had created a wavy...

Got the scales pretty much finished today. It was nice to take a little break from the blade and get a change of scenery. The other day I rough shaped the scales with a dremel and little sanding...

Yes, I hope so!

The way I have had success with this in the past is to progress up to 2000 bringing the surface to a near mirror first, then go back and create the satin finish working spine to edge. It just...

Got a little more work done when I had a chance this weekend. Progressed through a few grits and am feeling good about the way it's going. I will be able to turn my attention back to the scales...

Took a break from the blade work and made solid brass dome collars today. I made a set for me and a set for a friend of mine. I basically use the method described in this thread......

I've been making steady (albeit slow) progress. Here the pits are almost out of the blade faces, but it's the last ones that seem to be the hardest little buggers.
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Thanks for the encouragement fellas. I'm in the long part of the restoration where it's just carefully getting to the bottom of the pits. Makes for a bit of a boring thread at this point but things...

Worked on shaping the horn scales today and then did more sanding on the blade. First I traced my "template" scale and then cut with a coping saw outside the line.
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Yes, that's often a good idea. In this case I decided not to do that right away because I have a lot of sanding to do and I don't want to expose good steel on the edge too soon only to hit it with...

With encouragement from some friends on this site I am starting this thread as a sort of tutorial for one method of attempting to restore a straight razor. It's not to say that this is the only way,...