Thread: W&B restoration

Originally Posted by BeJay

That etch will disappear very quickly if you touch it with sand paper. Personally, if I had that blade, I would hand polish it and call it good.

Bejay, I was thinking that too, would you day another Polish other than neverdull wadding would be better suited for the job?

Agree with most above. To avoid cuts, I always hand polish on a 3 mm wet leather strop I made for the purpose.

It's NOT the best candidate for restoring. Try to hone it first. If it can hold an edge you could try to take the next step into restoring.

Don't touch the engraving with sandpaper as it will disappear. Only polish it with steel polish and a piece of wool. Very gently.

Best option if you ask me, is to try to find a razor in better shape.

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Welcome to the forum

the image is from a flatbed scanner, and it holds an edge (my finger is not to happy about the situation) should I be polishing with something other then never dull ? the white you see it the image is the never dull polishing compound not whiped off yet

I Like MAAS but never dull should get the job done just as well.

Originally Posted by BeJay

I Like MAAS but never dull should get the job done just as well.

The pic is 30 min on one side. Keep at it long road ahead ?

I don't think that I can do much better than this, without removing the makers mark, correct ?

I think this is great. There is some restoration experts here who can do wonders, but this is a fine first go. Love to see your scales :-)

Originally Posted by Kristian

I think this is great. There is some restoration experts here who can do wonders, but this is a fine first go. Love to see your scales :-)

Thinking of rubbing some MAAS on first never dull is leaving little scratches that I can pick up on when I have the blade at an angle , it also leeavs a white residue that I can still see a few spits after buffing with a cloth..
Had there been a graphic, Never Dull is abrasiveabd would had destroyed it.

Well on this stage I usually only use a buffer wheel. I have some white steel polish, a kind of hard wax, that I use on the buffer wheel.

There are some things that can go wrong, if you press to hard it can get to warm, if the blade catch the wheel, the blade can suddenly fly through the air.

A rule is that if the blade gets to warm to hold with your fingers, cool it straight away.

I wouldn't do anything else. It's very hard to hand polish beyond this point. Good work.

And we have scales