Thread: My first razor clean-up attempt

Well, it's high time for me to stop being a wuss, so I girded my loins, took a deep breath, and got to work. I selected this W&B to be my first victim...uhh...patient:

And after a surprisingly short time, I had this:

I'm pretty pleased, though it doesn't compare with the work I've been inspired by here on SRP.

I left some of the pitting toward the spine because I was afraid of messing up the geometry. Will that be a rust problem, so long as I keep the blade dry and oiled? And I wanted to leave the stabilizers and imprint as crisp as possible, so I didn't hit those areas as much as the blade faces and spine. I didn't remove the scales even though they will have to come off because of a crack at the pivot, so the jimps and tail aren't polished. Oh, speaking of polish: I haven't used any yet, but I have some Flitz that I'll use next.

Thanks to ultrasoundguy2003 for his encouragement and advice!