Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by outback

Hit it with some steel wool and never dull with cr/ox. Should clean it up a treat, but leave some character.

Already did 000 synthetic steel wool and MAAS. Standard starting point for me.

She is a beauty even though she is reground. Sometimes a little more elbow grease helps, but what I tend to do more often is put it aside and then hit it again the next time I am puttering around with razors. Eventually it get to where I either decide I love it and need to hone it and shave with it, or I remove the scales and bust out the sandpaper. I tend to be turtle slow getting anything off the bench though.

My main hesitation on sanding is that I don't think I'll ever get the grind mark/pitting fully out, and that would feel like leaving a job unfinished. I don't mind how she looks at the moment. But, as you said, I'm waiting and putting around before I actually pin her (that's just screws). The black you see is shadows, not black steel (except on the tang).

Columbia Cutlery Refresh
Before

After taking WD40 and 150 sandpaper to start. Then moved on to 320 and finally 600. I was only attempting to remove the rust and save the etching. I then just buffed the blade and scales. 1-1/2 hours total on that part.

Then I spent 3 hours setting the bevel and honing. The edge kept getting into little rust
Pockets. Finally got a clean edge.

I will shave with it tonight.

Tom





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Great job saving the etch, it looks fantastic! What did you use for a backed with the sandpaper? Enjoy the shave...

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

Great job saving the etch, it looks fantastic! What did you use for a backed with the sandpaper? Enjoy the shave...

A piece of modeling board. It is a 49 lb foam. Just sawed it into a comfy grip. It is 1" wide.

Tom


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Sanding on a few blades today. The one on the left is an IC Vincent that I'm very excited to get finished. The three PRC's belong to a forum member that wanted some scratches removed. I'm using a sanding drum on a drill for the blade faces. I posted a thread a while back about these drums and I absolutely love using them for higher grit finishing. It works pretty fast, causes no heat and leaves a beautiful, uniform scratch pattern. They're great for working after 600 greaseless and before the Emory compound. I'm not sure if I'll have time to get them on the buffs today, but these blades are gonna finish up nicely.

Scratch pattern.

Pikachu agrees.

tortoise kirinite with silver accessories (forgot to do the finishing touches for the silver bits...too late now)

One of the PRC's from my earlier post. Went up to 2k, Emory and rouge.

Originally Posted by BeJay

Sanding on a few blades today. The one on the left is an IC Vincent that I'm very excited to get finished. The three PRC's belong to a forum member that wanted some scratches removed. I'm using a sanding drum on a drill for the blade faces. I posted a thread a while back about these drums and I absolutely love using them for higher grit finishing. It works pretty fast, causes no heat and leaves a beautiful, uniform scratch pattern. They're great for working after 600 greaseless and before the Emory compound. I'm not sure if I'll have time to get them on the buffs today, but these blades are gonna finish up nicely.

Scratch pattern.


Pikachu agrees.

More info on those sanding drums please. I hate the transition from 600 to emory, and have yet to perfect my methods. That system looks like it works wonderfully.