Thread: Restoration opinions on wade and butcher

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....

You may want to try hand sanding.

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

I would Hand polish only for that nice looking blade

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.

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.

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

Originally Posted by mainaman

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

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

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