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    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    If you cannot abide pitting, buy perfect blades. Some of my cleanest blades have a bit. Carbon steel is going to take on some. No need in sanding the blade away for a little dot. JMO
    Your rite but I may not be able to stop myself. I might lose some fractions of the etching to get all the pitting.

    I'll have to think about it
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    Some of those pits are just the beauty marks of time. I love true patina, but it is rarely patina that we see on blades. I little pitting is ok with me. What I don't like is the dark and black spots that are just a form of rust. You can take it off and owlish up the steel and it leaves behind pitting, which is healthy and will not grow over time and destroy a blade.
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    That AND you can make a razor unusable as-sanding too much.

    Listen to Rez. He is old, wise!
    "Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
    I rest my case.

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    I have ruined a full hollow or two by over sanding.
    I am not that old!
    Engraving is important.
    It is way easier to take it off than put it back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RezDog View Post
    Some of those pits are just the beauty marks of time. I love true patina, but it is rarely patina that we see on blades. I little pitting is ok with me. What I don't like is the dark and black spots that are just a form of rust. You can take it off and owlish up the steel and it leaves behind pitting, which is healthy and will not grow over time and destroy a blade.
    There is only one dot with a dark spot, that sucka's gonna get it tomorrow .

    One thing I'm not happy about is that the scales I've bought (the originals were knackered) are dark horn with a dark horn wedge.

    The wedge looks rubbish, I want the original lead wedge in there but its too small. Can I buy lead for a wedge?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RezDog View Post
    I have ruined a full hollow or two by over sanding.
    I am not that old!
    Engraving is important.
    It is way easier to take it off than put it back.
    Sorry! I meant to say you are just barely young enough to be wise!
    "Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
    I rest my case.

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    Lead is the easiest material of all to make a wedge out of. It is very inexpensive as well and readily available where fishing tackle is sold. I buy it in small rolls where the round lead is about the size of a pencil. Take a piece and hit it with a hammer and it becomes a wedge. The taper of the wedge must match the taper of the tang, or they scales will not flex through the motion of the blade and the tension will not be even and the pin will not stay tight.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JOB15 View Post
    There is only one dot with a dark spot, that sucka's gonna get it tomorrow .

    One thing I'm not happy about is that the scales I've bought (the originals were knackered) are dark horn with a dark horn wedge.

    The wedge looks rubbish, I want the original lead wedge in there but its too small. Can I buy lead for a wedge?
    Go to the Workshop thread. Read through the stickys. Lots to read. THEN ask?
    "Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
    I rest my case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    Go to the Workshop thread. Read through the stickys. Lots to read. THEN ask?
    Ok I will do that,...... if you chill out

    Edit: I did real a lot of the stickys ,maybe not a lot but some
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    Quote Originally Posted by RezDog View Post
    Lead is the easiest material of all to make a wedge out of. It is very inexpensive as well and readily available where fishing tackle is sold. I buy it in small rolls where the round lead is about the size of a pencil. Take a piece and hit it with a hammer and it becomes a wedge. The taper of the wedge must match the taper of the tang, or they scales will not flex through the motion of the blade and the tension will not be even and the pin will not stay tight.
    I think lead fishing tackle is illegal ,has been for decades .

    Sea fishing they can be used.
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