Thread: Best course of action with a blade like this?

Worried about that staining on the heel on the back side with such a thin blade and the gold on the front being spared. Not really into losing masses of height on another 14 blade.

You could try 0000 steel wool and a metal polish with the gold wash and etching taped off for protection. That would let you see how bad or good the metal was under that staining. If there is pitting under the staining you may lose a bit of height honing to get to good solid metal.

Bob

I would start with this and polishes. Blue Magic first and if I had to go with more abrasive polishes.
The cool thing about this tool is it has backbone like wire but no scratches. Not sure how it would affect the gold but you can easily avoid that with care.

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Frustrating. This was clearly used with the factory edge and then put away improperly. Sucks. Dry your nice blades always.

I loaned a young man a straight once to try it out. A week later he brings it back all rusty wanting to know what kind of poo I was trying to sell him. I took it and said, you are a messy baby and I am not selling or loaning you anything you are just going to destroy ever again.

Yeah, loan newbies solingen hardware store blades or give them honed up gold dollars.

Originally Posted by 10Pups

I would start with this and polishes. Blue Magic first and if I had to go with more abrasive polishes.
The cool thing about this tool is it has backbone like wire but no scratches. Not sure how it would affect the gold but you can easily avoid that with care.
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Remember, though, that the little bits of broken glass fiber will get you if you don't watch what you are doing. Lay down newspaper to be folded into itself after work. Wear rubber gloves and assure that you have a clean work area before and after.
I found out the hard way years back!
~Richard