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    Default Polishing Hard Steels?

    I've been working on a Joseph Rogers and Sons, Sheffield that is just laughing at my attempts to polish it.

    It eats sandpaper and chromium paste for breakfast. I'm certain this means I've got a keeper but wow I could use some shortcuts for polishing.

    Does anyone have a good idea for polishing these puppies?

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    I have a rouge set which has a rouge for everything including a green rouge designed for hard metals like tungsten steel. it works pretty good. I got the set at the toolshop on Timezone.com.
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    Diamond paste is a lil pricey but is bound to work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobertFontaine View Post
    I've been working on a Joseph Rogers and Sons, Sheffield that is just laughing at my attempts to polish it.

    It eats sandpaper and chromium paste for breakfast. I'm certain this means I've got a keeper but wow I could use some shortcuts for polishing.

    Does anyone have a good idea for polishing these puppies?

    Thanks,
    Bob
    What grit are you using?
    Going lower in grit sometimes help.

    I've have 1 razor that was very hard to sand, and I bought a 3" 80 grit flapwheel to sand it. put the wheel in an electric drill, clamp the drill in a vise or workbench, and then work the blade against the wheel at high RPM.

    Take proper precautions against damaging the blade or cutting off your fingers.

    Even then it took me 6 hours to clean away the damage because the previous owner 'cleaned' the blade with a dremel and a drumwheel, so the blade was covered in deep gauges.
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    Same happened to me. I bought a Greaves with heavy grind marks made by the previous owner. Started at 80 grit and moved up the chain, 120, 240, 400, and 600. I had some pictures posted once, but then the crash.

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