Originally Posted by
stogieiv
Glen, I think my experiment with an old horn scaled one proves that you can do it with the scales on. And I used them in the new plastic pyramid media which works better than any other by the way. However like I said earlier it is noisy.
The scales got good and dirty but weren't beat up and the blade is getting pretty clean and it was in worse shape that yours when I started.
I've also had two blades going in the black beauty over night and they haven't hurt each other.
I've ended up with four of these things and am running 4 types of media right now; the plastic pyramids, black beauty, walnut shells, and corn cob with paste and jeweler's rouge. I've listed them in the order of aggressiveness.
This seems to be to be the ideal way of cleaning an old razor. While some of the hard core rust and/or pitting might not come out it sure beats doing it by hand for me. My thumbs are shot from arthritis and this method really helps me.
Thanks for starting this whole thing off.
Ted