Originally Posted by
myslin
It was cleaned with all kinds of chemicals prior to use and honed well but there are these really old black spots that will not come off with whatever I use.
I've tried detergent, CLR, bleach mixed with water. What do you suggest I use to get them off?
Sand paper. Lots of sand paper, ranging from 120 grit up to 1000 grit, then buffing wheels on a dremel or another fast drill device.
I'd also like to rescale it. I'd like to make the scales myself, I have some woodworking experience and I'm just wondering how hard it'll be and what should I look out for while making the new scales?
An oily wood is good if you don't want to do a CA or Epoxy finish, but if you have any woodworking experience this should be pretty straight forward. Just make a pattern on paper, transfer it to the wood, cut out the outline, sand them smooth, maybe round the edges off, drill holes and pin them to the razor. There are threads on how to do all of this if you look around.
