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Amazon shipment arrived and I tried out the magic paste Paul and Mike recommended. It certainly seems to do more than I was able to accomplish with Maas and Autosol.
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There’s still...

Bit the bullet and ordered from Amazon.

I have several old razors that could use some shining up and I am looking forward to see for myself if I can work the magic with it that you and Mike have...

you are right of course, but I’ll try some boat dealers and repair shops just in case.

True, but Mr. Bezos ticks me off and I’d rather support a small business.

I’ve decided to keep the original scales as Mike and Paul suggest.

I really like the idea of using manicure equipment to polish the scales, but that will have to wait until I can remove them. ...

Thanks Paul. I see I commented on that thread - guess my memory isn’t what it used to be, if it ever was :shrug:

Your big W & B chopper looks very similar to my razor, right down to profile,...

This photo shows you how hollow ground this is. The etching ain’t just advertising.
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First shave with this big blade was excellent.

Did my normal progression: Shapton 1k for bevel set => BBW => Coticule => Oozuku => leather 40 laps

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I think the RAD gods were smiling...

Couldn’t find the 3M easily available at a retailer here. An 18 oz tub costs around $60 at Amazon.

So, I went at it with sandpaper I had on hand: 320, 400, 600, 800, 1200, 3000. Then I followed...

Thanks for the reference Bob. Don’t know why I didn’t think of that myself.

It sure looks like it might be Devil’s Spit. The black areas near the spine don’t bother me as much as those by the...

I’m stuck.

The MAAS took off a lot of the black discolouration, but I’m not making any further progress with the really black spots. They aren’t pits - I can’t feel any difference in height...

I used my coarse DMT to grind out the chips at the toe and begin to take down the stabilizer.

I am pleasantly surprised that the metal seems quite sound, even around the toe and I have the...

I wanted to see if there was good metal at the edge before I took off the scales so I scraped the surface rust off with a DE blade and went at the blade with MAAS and a cork-backed paper towel...

Just found this in the wild. It is not a maker with which I am familiar.

The blade is hollow ground with a thick spine. It’s quite a heavy blade.

Scales are horn and seem to be of different...