Thread: Handsanding howto

Originally Posted by Bruno

There is actually an option number 3. I'll see if I can find it.
Way before any of you were here, we had a restoration demi God named Vladsch.
He took pics of the engraving on an 8/8 W&B before he restored it. Then he handsanded the blade until the engraving was gone, ending with 2000 grit I think.

And then he etched the engraving back in the blade, exactly like it was before. That is however not an option available to most of us, mere mortals.

EDIT:
Damn.
Here is the thread
http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...atchopper.html
But the links are no longer working. Anyway it was a superb piece of restoration work.

The amazing Vlad was truly in a league of his own, however taking it a step further once the etch is restored via laser one can move to option 4 as per Aaronx's tutorial on gold washes.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...storation.html

All too much work for this mere mortal

Needed to subscribe, great stuff.
Can any of you respected restorers explain the difference between near mirror, mirror and true mirror?
Somewhere on this site I'm sure I read that to get true mirror, one needs to progress through the wet n dry grits and then through the micromesh range, crox buff.
I've stopped at 1500 wet and dry and polished with autosol/mass for ages and got something pretty darn reflective. However I'm begining to think it's maybe near mirror??
http://straightrazorpalace.com/forge...g-razor-6.html