Doctor Extra Superfine Hollow Ground - Back to Black

[MikeB]

So I've had this Doctor Extra (Japanese I think) lying around for a while. It's about 13/16ths and the scales etc. had faded to brown (I hope its not cell rot, I think it was just light exposure - any thoughts?). So I finally got around to setting up my polishing machine and thought I'd give it a go. So playing with the polisher (and some wet and dry paper on the scales) she's come back to black(ish). Took a fantastic edge too - 3 days growth with little bother.



Before







After (not perfect, but an improvement I think)