Originally Posted by
outback
The sanding does take a toll on the body, but its something I'm used to doing. I've been a manual laborer my whole life, I've got scar's all over both hands to back it up.
Not that I'm in any hurry to do this again, but I might go with the greaseless instead, and put the energy into cleaning up that mess, overall. But to those that want to try doing this by hand....take your time, take breaks, have a ample supply of sandpaper.
I did all the heavy sanding with 400 grit W/D.
Most would've went to a lower grit, but I didn't want to take a chance at removing too much steel from an area and leaving a gouge in the blade faces, better to slowly work that contour and make corrections before things get ugly. Though some 320 grt. would have been nice, 400 works just fine, and makes it real easy to progress once alls lined back up again.
But your right, Rez. It'll be roughly one week from start to finish on the blade. Plus the time restoring the scales. Like a super human thing...eh.!
Dedication.:chapeau