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Looks great.

Oh yeah its sharp and I made sure the blade did not heat up.

Well its finished. I posted it at the Gallery as a first restore. Here is the thread.

I am working on the final sanding getting out the flap marks etc.

Interesting discovery is that 80 grit flap wheel marks are mostly invisible. I took them out with 320 grit paper. Yes I went...

Just a quick update. I am going to repin the razor this weekend and finish up the polishing on the blade. Most of the black is permanent on the tang and I do not want to remove the stamps. The...

Here is the latest. I took an 80 grit Flap wheel at 15,000 rpm to it to try to get at some of he more surface tarnish.

I unpinned the scales and I found a lot and I mean a lot of rust a the...

Actually this is turning into quite the learning experience.

I wouldn't mind if there was a pass around of beat up blades that were sent around to new guys to get the practice of restoration.

I...

Pics of the process.

http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr262/singlewedge/web-proj.jpg

http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr262/singlewedge/webproj2.jpg

I managed to get the bubble out of...

Yes. That was the plan. I did it the same as my other str8 I unpinned.:thinking:

My first 2 hrs of hand sanding wet and dry. Gave me so good results.

I am concentrating my efforts at this point on pics 6 and 9 where all the damage is.

After 2 hours of wet sanding at 220...

It arrived Saturday. I received it Monday when I got to work.

First to GS's question about the edge. It is good under magnification. Still sharp. Could probably shave with it. There is that...

I think it could be made presentable and shaveable. There are a lot of scares on that. The smaller ones probably could be removed with patience and time. The larger ones. Hell I'd incorporate...