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

“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.