Thread: Proper treatment of this blade.

Originally Posted by jedbowen

I have the exact same blade and I first hit the "B" with the sandpaper and buggered the "B" up.
I then put the razor in the tumbler and she is to a miror finish now. The etching on my blade was not as nice as yours is but it did polish up nice. The etching is harder to see now like i said my etching wasnt as pretty, but you can still see it. Other than my 2 cents she is a great shaver. I will try to post a pic of it later.

Originally Posted by kenneyty

I was going to offer the same advice as Jed- send her to the tumbler. Glen (gssixgun) started a thread on using the tumblers for bullet casings to polish up blades. It seems to do a pretty good job cleaning them up without damaging the etching. Do a search for the thread and ask one of the many users that have tried it if they can put it in with their next batch.

After reading around here a little bit, I was thinking tumbler, too, but I was wondering how it would affect etching, if any. Thanks for these posts. It seems like my thinking is going in the right direction...

Originally Posted by Oso

Jed and Tyler,
Thanks for pointing me in the direction of the tumbler. I have polished a fair amount of brass in the past and heard of people using tumblers for blades, but did not know how it would work with etching. Thanks for the tip.

Please keep us updated if you tumble it, and definitely post pics.

If you tumble it I would suggest you cut a piece of tape and cover only frosted area of the etch, that way you polish everything else.