Restoration opinions on wade and butcher

[Dafonz6987]

So I have this very charming wade and it has etching, was wanting to see what u guys thought of buffing and mirroring anything on this because if I do it won't match the rest of the razor... So I was thinking about just leaving it as is, I only hit it with some mothers and went to town....

[jfk742]

You may want to try hand sanding.

[gregg71]

I would not buffing because patina is homogenius and it is perfect look.

[Substance]

I would Hand polish only for that nice looking blade

[RezDog]

I would not use a buffer on that blade. You could do some selective hand sanding and let it run for a few days in a vibratory polisher, and then blue the etch.

[Matheus]

Clean with soap and water, pin it back on scales, put two layers of tape, hone it softly, build a good lather and be happy. IMO. Beautiful blade.

[mainaman]

just polishing compounds IMO.
Any more aggressive means will affect the etch too much.

[Dafonz6987]

just polishing compounds IMO.
Any more aggressive means will affect the etch too much.

Yeah I used black on a SS wheel and it took the etch off the etch too much on another blade so I'll probably only put white...

Also thanks everyone for your input, I ended up doing some selective hand sanding and throwing it in some white with loose cotton mothers mag... I like it

[Dafonz6987]

Not too happy with the scale working wedge but i salvaged it from a fail cut the first holes I made and used it for this razor hahaha

[Chevhead]

Looks good!
Nice job pinning it also.
That is NOT a wedge it is a spacer...