Thread: First go at restoring

My girlfriend recently bought a straight off ebay as a surprise for me. It was tarnished and pitted but otherwise not in too bad a shape.

Today I've been cleaning it up with a felt wheel on a dremel and solvol polishing compount (similar to maas I think).

I've cleaned off most of the tarnish and polished it right down but there's still pits in the metal, and I'm wondering if I should keep going further or just hone it where it is now. They marks are very shallow but show up in the photos below, you can't really feel them when you run your fingertip over the blade.

What do you think?










I was so excited to get going that I completely forgot to take 'before' shots, Doh!

Cheers,

J.

If the intent is to sell you may want to do a little more, if its for personal use, hone it and SHAVE!

Not thinking of selling it, just using it for my own pleasure, will hone it up tomorrow and see how it goes.

Cheers,

J.

I second the hone and shave vote. It's all about functionality.

As long as you are happy with the appearance of the blade, and the pits don't bother you, then you have a razor with character!

When you hone it, you might want to emphasize the heel and toe as it has just the beginning of a frown.