Thread: Nice to meet yall, starting to restore razors.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

“One thing I've learned, but not made note of. I should not have polished up all the scales before pining them. I need to sand and smooth some of the pins, so I'll probably have to sand and polish the scales again.”

Yup, always hone last.

I always remove the edge with a diamond file before doing any work on a razor, even if it is just to touch it up on the buffers.

I never work on a sharp razor, it will cut you and as you found, you will usually damage the edge by working on it. A razors edge is very fragile.

So, even if you make a test edge, remove it to work on it. Besides, once the bevels are flat and in the correct bevel angle, it is simple to re-hone an edge on flat bevels.

If you do not have a buffer, you can make a mini pasted strop, by gluing a strip of leather to a popsicle stick or tongue depressor and paste with metal polish to shape and polish pins. Or chuck a small pencil in a drill press and polish with a dab of metal polish and the eraser. It polishes and makes the pins perfectly round.

Yeah, that is a good idea it "shouldn't" take me long to bring it back. I think I may be able to do it just slurrying the Thurningian. But, I know I can do it if I go back to 4K. Just have to do some experimenting.

I have cut some little 2" by 3" strips of leather and have about 1/2" of one end covered with polish. I think it has worked pretty well. It is soft enough that it can fit into the hollow.

But, yall seem to be under the impression that I am just trying to shine them up. I think I am going to have to hit them with 1K sand paper to smooth some rough edges, and then polish them up. And then, after I have done 50 or so razors, maybe pull these pins out and put them back in nicer.

That is mostly why I am posting things in this thread, including my thoughts and things I don't really need feedback on. So, the basics will sort of flow with the process. Then I can came back to this one when I am working on my next set.

But, I may take on a project of curating the what are you working on thread. If nothing else it will force me to read it. It will probably not come to anything, but if I do I will figure out a way to post it.