Thread: My first attempt

Originally Posted by TOB9595

To repeat the others: VERY WELL DONE!!
The polish is swell.
What was the techniqye, method...how did you sand it???
What grits?
I JUST started to sand a keeper with good scales...starting with 150 wet dry sponge

The sanding was done as in Bruno's write up, used some oil on the blade during sanding, stopped at 2000, which was the finest I could find locally.

I've been thinking about using some white jewelers rouge and/or diamond paste on a felt wheel the next time as a final polish step, not sure if it would work though.

There is something really calming about handsanding a blade, as strange as it may seam, so I guess I'll be down this road again

Originally Posted by bjorn

There is something really calming about handsanding a blade, as strange as it may seam, so I guess I'll be down this road again

What you just described is what I would call the "Zen" of str8 restoration...

Look very nice to me,very nice job !!!





RPR.

Cool, nice job!!

Bjorn:
Great job on the restore..... That's the good news...
The bad news is if you think RAD was bad, becoming a "Rabid Restorer" is much, much, worse...

But the satisfaction of bringing a rusted, broken piece of junk, back to being a sharp, gleaming, working tool again, is really worth the effort


PS: I forget more than half the before pics too LOL

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Bjorn:
Great job on the restore..... That's the good news...
The bad news is if you think RAD was bad, becoming a "Rabid Restorer" is much, much, worse...

But the satisfaction of bringing a rusted, broken piece of junk, back to being a sharp, gleaming, working tool again, is really worth the effort


PS: I forget more than half the before pics too LOL

Thanks, Rabid Restorer, hmm, I have a feeling I know what you are talking about

I'll just have to brush up some of my woodworking skills, and get to work.
Your absolutely right about bringing something back to working condition again, it's a fantastic feeling.