Thread: Starting My First Two Restorations

Next time hone it first, to make sure it will hold an edge, before you invest a lot of time in the blade.

If you sand spine to edge and heel to toe, you can cut you sanding by alternating the direction.

A cork wrapped in a 3x3 in piece of 4mm craft foam and wrapped in sand paper is much easier on the fingers.

Word. I actually bought these from Whipped Dog, since I knew they would arrive with an edge on them.

I also use alternate directions, which indeed seems to help quite a bit.

Thanks for the suggestion for sanding! I do use corks, but havnt tried foam... will try that, as perhaps my fingers will cramp less!

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Next time hone it first, to make sure it will hold an edge, before you invest a lot of time in the blade.

If you sand spine to edge and heel to toe, you can cut you sanding by alternating the direction.

A cork wrapped in a 3x3 in piece of 4mm craft foam and wrapped in sand paper is much easier on the fingers.

BTW, here is where I am at at this point, thanks for a couple of inches of ice on the streets outside today!

As you can see, under the big glob of rust on the Duck was a LOT of devil's spit. It was too deep to get out without making my half hollow turn to a full hollow.... so I left it be! My sanding was starting to affect the lines of the razor, so I had to stop... I also didnt want to take too much away from the engraving. So the razor will have to live with a bunch of devil's spit.





So, now on to getting the right scales, and pinning the EC and painting the Duck's tang gold.

Anyone know what paint I should be using for the Duck? Gotta find some Goldedge scales for it, too.

It's NOT painted. It is PLATED.

Really? Crap! Well, there goes that idea...

I guess its scales for it now, then!