Morley Clover Stamp restoration
Well, the Morley came in the mail today so I started to clean it up. First thing I did was dull the edge on my 1k hone. Something about that process seemed so very wrong and backwards...lol. Good thing I had already made the decision to replace the scales, I discovered the ones it already had were cracked right beneath the pin for the blade. Anyway, this is what I started with:
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And after a little sanding, we're starting to see shiny metal! Still have a lot of finer sanding and polish work to go, but not off to a bad start in my opinion:
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Not sure I want to dig any deeper than I already have, since razors are thin to start with. The pits might just have to stay in there, but at least it's cleaned up. Might go over it with some finer sand paper, then hit it with the cloth buffing wheel I picked up for my dremel. I'm thinking a fine polishing compound (CrOx maybe?) should clean it up nicely.