I often just give them a good deep polishing now and let them be. And I know a lot is on the condition of the razor and how deep the pitting/stains, stamping and etching is. But a few I would like to get to perfect on them like you guys do. I used to start with a rough abrasion to make quick progress of getting deeper. But those deep scratches left seem nearly impossible to get rid of. And I saw one person here say they start at a 600 and work up because then the scratches are nice and easy to remove. And I agree with that, there's hardly any scratching, but it seems like it's not even really making progress on the pitting and stains(helps set a nice foundation for a finish mind you) let alone how quickly the sandpaper wears away without much progress (the metal black kind of sanding paper not the brown wood kind, although I seem to think the wood intended paper works quite well on steel as well.). Any thing special you guys do, or is it literally just going to take me hours upon hours of hand sanding? I'm guessing days upon days of non stop sanding to be honest, and countless pieces of sandpaper. And I've done this a few times before. But just wondering if there is a better way. It gets mundane some times making so slow of progress.