Thread: A Robeson in the Wild

Good appraisal, Rez. I sat down to play with the new razor this evening and after cleaning the scales I went at the blade with #0000 steel wool and Ballistol. That cleaned up the active rust and then, lacking a better option at hand, I started polishing with a little Wright Silver Cream (hey, I had it in the house). I'm actually pretty impressed how much better the razor is looking with this rather minimal work. The only thing that bothers me is that the bevel seems rather large but this is a learning exercise so we shall see.

On the topic of polish, I know that some guys here swear by MAAS and others Mothers. For my part none of the local retailers seem to carry the Mothers Metal Polish, opting instead for the Chrome polish. My options then seem to be to either order the MAAS or Mothers or simply run to one of the local retailers for the Chrome. Any suggestions, gentlemen?

I don't think there is a big difference from one metal polish to the next. I use mothers because I can get it at the hardware store in the automotive section. You live in a much bigger region and I suspect you just need to find where they well it. 3M has a very good one too. I think it is called metal restorer. I think the more important fact is the elbow grease, you need lots of elbow grease and a little polish.

Elbow grease tends to be the primary ingredient in any finishing work, in my experience. This type of work is relaxing for me as I can turn on the idiot box and half watch it while I sit and polish. The Wright's was around because I've been slowly polishing a vintage KPM (Konigliche Porzellan Manufaktur) shave mug. Sooner or later I'll get that beauty clean enough for my OCD to allow me to post it in a SotD picture.

While you were replying I was doing a bit more searching and one of the local auto parts chains does, in fact, carry the Metal Polish. The two locations closest to me can't verify online that they have it but the next one out says they have it on hand and I'm going to be in that neighborhood tomorrow anyway. Good news, I should have the polish tomorrow morning sometime. Bad news, I probably won't get the opportunity to add much of that required elbow grease until late in the week.

Of course that does bring up the point that I could probably have it shipped to the local Walmart for less than half the price and have it waiting for me when I can actually use it...

Originally Posted by GreenRipper

Elbow grease tends to be the primary ingredient in any finishing work, in my experience. This type of work is relaxing for me as I can turn on the idiot box and half watch it while I sit and polish. The Wright's was around because I've been slowly polishing a vintage KPM (Konigliche Porzellan Manufaktur) shave mug. Sooner or later I'll get that beauty clean enough for my OCD to allow me to post it in a SotD picture.

While you were replying I was doing a bit more searching and one of the local auto parts chains does, in fact, carry the Metal Polish. The two locations closest to me can't verify online that they have it but the next one out says they have it on hand and I'm going to be in that neighborhood tomorrow anyway. Good news, I should have the polish tomorrow morning sometime. Bad news, I probably won't get the opportunity to add much of that required elbow grease until late in the week.

Of course that does bring up the point that I could probably have it shipped to the local Walmart for less than half the price and have it waiting for me when I can actually use it...

Wally mart, gun shops, ace hardwares carry Maas ,flitz, mothers.
The 3M marine metal restorer/ polish, is the best I've used yet, with Maas 2nd, and flitz 3rd.
3M can be ordered thru wally mart, or auto finish stores, and marine dealers.
It would make that blade look like new.!!