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Is there a name for this? The Obsession for shiny polished razors?
I spent 11 hours polishing and still not satisfied.
So I started taking photos of my progress... to convince myself that its actually getting shinier…
Cant sleep... haven't eaten for a few days now but i keep going... Help!!!!!
Over the top?Quote:
Originally Posted by smythe
I hear you on this one. I just brought a blade
to a very nice shine, but not being
satisfied I ordered some 2500 and even 3000
grit wet/dry to see JUST HOW SHINY I
can get it.
John
I've got shiny now smooooth is my problem.....
Ths thing I end up with may not be a razor blade but it will be smoooth....
erk..
My pins arrived from microfasteners today and my popsicle stick scales are just about done.
my first try at a rescale refurbish is unlikely to be up to the SRP standard but I'm gonna post anyways.
- Bpb
Oh... So I have OTTQuote:
Originally Posted by JMS
Haven't tried the rescale yet, but soon, working on the blade and original scale.Quote:
Originally Posted by RobertFontaine
Please post... maybe i will have something to shoot for.
Thanks... Good to know I am not the only one...Quote:
Originally Posted by kerryman71
It's called OCD -- obsessive compulsive disorder. It's cheaper than RAD, and you even save on food! :roflmao
Hey now that is my kind of shiny. I do that to my stuff but people won't pay what it takes to do that. If I get time I will post some of my shiniest
Please, post em up Topher... just LOVE shiny razors... maybe thats why i don't have any etching.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Topher
Hey thanks for reminding me... I'm hungry... got to stop this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle76
What I don't understand is this: how the blade reflects "Craftsman" from the ruler, but the reflection is rightside up rather than upside down. :thinking:
Excellent observation ! Paint Shop Pro or other graphic tools do wonders :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle76
But this isn't editing. Thats what my keepers look like when i get done with them. And also why alot of them aren't done.
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Originally Posted by GeNn
I was wondering when someone would notice that... and I almost didn’t post it fearing it would be called a hoax... well its NOT PrintShopPro or any photo editing software.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle76
That’s how the pic came out... it took me some time for me to figure it out but here… I think is the explanation...
It’s the blades concave reflection at the precise angle the camera is at (up is down and down is up)... sort of how a prism binoculars works to "flip" the image right side up.
I tried it with another section of the ruler. Check out these 2 pix... You can see in the second photo, 2 reflections of “stainless steel” I just opened the razor slightly and the back of the scale moved the ruler away from the blade thus changing the angle of reflection of "stainless steel" to the camera.
Try it with a hollow ground razor you can see it without a camera.
Also in the second pic one reflection is off the blade section (up side down), and the other is off the concave section at the spline (right side up).
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Originally Posted by The Topher
Holey mother of!!!... It may take me a few years to get mine lookin like that... I guess you don’t need a mirror to comb your hair.
I did this one quickly for someone else so it is not as mirror as I like. But you can still see me in it.
Also look around the gold on this one. I didn't like the factory finish so I did this by hand using English Custom Polish and fine paper.
Hey Smyth. Look at the tang. That part is inverted. I would say A+ on the polish. Is it all hand sanding up to 12000 grit or did you use a polish wheel at any point? What compounds? Dremel or large wheel? Felt or Cloth?
All of the above, hand sand up to 2000 grit (from the auto shop), then get the blade to a point with cloth and metal polish by hand…Quote:
Originally Posted by The Topher
But after a few trips to the First Aid I decided I get the dremel with large felt wheel (just couldn’t control the standard small wheel) and some thick grinding compound found in my old man’s toolbox (he used to re-build engines). I think it’s used for polishing re-bored engines, I don’t know the name though but I think its aluminum oxide mixed with some kind of grease. Wiped some on the wheel, put on the goggles and start up the dremel. The compound is a bit thick though because the dremel would slow down with the slightest touch in the blade. Good thing though it wont overheat the blade. Took about 5 hours... still not sure i am done yet but its looking good.. need to invest in some better compounds.
WoW!!!... I was right... you relay don't need a mirror to comb your hair. are you sure you didn't electro plate that? was the shine done by hand?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Topher
That one was done without sand paper on the front and 1500 to 3600 grit on the back then stainless buffing compound and chromium oxide then hand done with calcined aluminum oxide in the Showmans polish.
The front I started at Metal Restorer Polish and progressed to Showmans polish by hand with a rag on an eraser and qtips. That one is NOWHERE near as smooth as the first one. As I said it wasn't for me and I wasn't gonna charge a fortune for spending 5 hours bringing it to a perfect mirror. You can make yourself crazy doing that as we both know.
For better polishing compounds go here.
http://www.englishcustompolish.com/usca/abrasives.html
But once you get them that shiny do you wax and polish them ;)
Yes I do
I use the showmans blend as a final polish because it contains a PH neutral wax as well as the calcined aluminum oxide that polished the metal to that finish in the first place. I have not had anything rust if I used a good amount of the polish first without getting the blade wet. Get it wet and there isn't much you can do.
Oh and that is why I take my pictures fully clothed! i have to purposely stay out of the picture most times! Also that is why I take reflection shots some times... to show the shine.
Nice Rodgers, Chris! I just got 3/7ths of a seven day set of razors with identical blades ("Master Razor No 2"), but ivory scales. None of mine are as shiny, however . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by The Topher
It is actually a master razor number 1 :)