Thread: My first resto attempt

I ran home to check on the blade at lunch, and it's definitely making progress, even if it's slow. I really gotta get some walnut media. Hopefully I'll be able to get out and find it this week some time.

I'd recommend some hand-sanding if you haven't already done it after the pics. Up to 400 grit or so. The first blade I threw in had only minimal pitting, but even that was taking forever to go away. I eventually gave up and sanded up to 400 and then threw it back in the tumbler.

does anyone know if the tumbling will fade light etching or engraving?

Patrick973,

Check out the thread on tumbling here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?t=18075

You can find more pictures of the "Experimental" razor in this sub forum or where it was sold in the BST sub forum.

But no, so far, tumbling does not cause a problem with etches. (That's not to say that your results may differ and neither I nor anyone a member or officially affiliated with SRP can take any responsibility if you happen to lose etching by tumbling....)