Thread: T. Hessenbruch

I purchased a vintage from WD. I am very pleased with it.

I noticed some markings which i'm wondering if there is a way to remove.

In the first pic there appears to be some rust in a few spots. In the second pic over the name there is some discoloration and on the tail as well.

I'm wondering what it would take to improve the blade.

Great razors! I just restored one...top notch steel.

See if a metal polish like Maas or Mother's Mag Polish will remove the rust first.
That will probably clean the blade up.
Be careful of the blade edge so that you don't cut yourself. Seems like an obvious thing until you're bleeding - and bleeding again.

The tang will probably need some high grit sandpaper. Like 2500 grit. Start with a high grit and work down through the grits to get the rust off and then work back up through the grits to make it shiny again.

@Wolfpack34 Those look really nice!!

@chriswilson10 That sounds simple enough. Ill give it a try. Thanks!

Originally Posted by criswilson10

See if a metal polish like Maas or Mother's Mag Polish will remove the rust first.
That will probably clean the blade up.
Be careful of the blade edge so that you don't cut yourself. Seems like an obvious thing until you're bleeding - and bleeding again.

The tang will probably need some high grit sandpaper. Like 2500 grit. Start with a high grit and work down through the grits to get the rust off and then work back up through the grits to make it shiny again.

I couldn't find 2500 grit so i got 2000 and 1000. Did most of the work with the 2000. I also tried going over it with a few stages of buffing compound (white, red and green) by hand.. and i had Turtle Wax All Metal polish in the garage that i applied with a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.

It looks better but im sure i made a few mistakes. I think i could use the 2500 to buff out the scratch pattern in a few spots but i don't really know.

Anyway thanks for the help!

Good job so far.

2000 grit to take out the 1000 grit scratches.
Red compound to take out the 2000 grit scratches.
Green compound to take out the red compound scratches. Lots and lots of rubbing.

Originally Posted by criswilson10

Good job so far.

2000 grit to take out the 1000 grit scratches.
Red compound to take out the 2000 grit scratches.
Green compound to take out the red compound scratches. Lots and lots of rubbing.

Thanks!

Yeah i realized yesterday afternoon i went backwards with the compounds (white, red, green).

Im going to go look for 2500 grit today and probably buy a dremel.

Is there any restrictions on how low of a grit you can use?

Yesterday I spent a few hours with the 1000 grit paper trying to remove the small black stains that remain where the rust was removed (pitting?).

Was slow going so yesterday afternoon i got some 800. My only concern is putting a scratch pattern on the blade that i can remove.. Is 800 too low? Is 400?

Or does it matter? I figure i can buff up from however low i go but i figured id ask before i destroy this thing.

Just cleaned one up last night. Had worse rust on the tang than yours.
Used a wire wheel in the dremmel, then a rag wheel with cr/ox, then another rag wheel with flitz/maas. Then put it in a set of new shoes.
Its the middle blade.

Yours should clean up very nicely with some steel wool and metal polish.

That looks great!!

Am i wasting time doing this by hand?

Ill have the Dremel soon enough and some paste. Sounds like a quicker method.