Thread: "Micropitting" in Polishing

I just quit polishing up a nice Joesph Rodger and Sons 6/8 razor.

The original finish was a the factory grind that someone had scratched up somehow. There was never any black rusting or pitting to start off with.

I ground off all of the ?honing? scratches using 120 - 400 - 600 - chromium oxide - maas method that I've been pimping recently. I'm starting to have second thoughts about it.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?t=18054

By the time I finished the blade had taken a nice shine in most angles in the light, but at a shallow angle you could see little (for lack of a better term) "micropits". No reasonable amount of dremel work would get rid of them.

1. Has anyone else seen these before?
2. Is it a result of my skipping a bunch of steps (i.e. sanding with grits past 600)?
3. Did the coarser 120 grit do something that you can only see after all the other scratches has been polished out?
4. Is it just my razor (probably not)?

The picture I posted shows the 'micro pits' as a halo around the white reflections but they are everywhere (and a few other small scratches I will work on later). Do these look familiar to anyone?


Thanks,

Mark