Thread: When Is Enough Enough

I have been working on this one for quite awhile now. An hour or two here and an hour or two there. I've spent more time on it than I would care to admit. I got it in a razor lot and every razor in the lot has seen the buffers. Some looked like they were barely touched(and didn't need to be touched) and some that went through a few grits. This one looked like it was hit with coarse grit and left a few spots looking lumpy especially along the spine and rounding the edges. Took me forever to sand it down to look fairly smooth and even and to sharpen the edges some. Even though I removed alot of the pitting and most of the scratches there is still some, but I have spent far to much time on this one so I gave up. The pitting on the tang is too deep to remove it all without losing the stamp. Anyway the razor is a Joseph Elliot Best Silver Steel. It is 13/16 at the widest point and tapers down to about 5/8. The toe rounds up some. Turned out better than I thought. If I had the equipment it probably could have turned out better in alot less time, but have to make do doing it by hand. If it wasn't a near wedge there would be no way I would have gotten rid of as much of the scratches and pitting as I did. Now for some scales, but I think I will set it aside for now and take a break.