Thread: Restore newb needs opinions

Originally Posted by gssixgun

They actually only answered what you asked, a mirror finish is pretty hard to obtain, and they were pointing to that the "Rust" had already gone beyond the stage of being the red stuff you were looking for.....The black staining has serious pitting in there....

Anyone can slap some sandpaper and MAAS on a blade and call it restored but the people that answered your question were assuming you were actually looking for a true restoration... Just a matter of semantics no harm done....

Oooooh.

My bad. Pardon my newbness. I didn't know how difficult it is to get a mirror finish. I just figured that it would come with progression up to higher grits and then some MAAS. I can see now if it is a LOT of work to get the mirror finish, how if all that work was just to have an imperfect mirror could be considered a waste of effort.

So, "red rust" is preferable to black?

Not to prolong this:

Bottom line is I have two options

1. Return it. My cost then would be shipping one way (seller will cover return shipping and full cost of the blade).

2. Keep it and handsand it until I'm happy (or my arms fall off). I wouldn't be out a huge amount in this case either. I'll need to purchase the sandpaper anyway since I've got five other projects on the way anyway, so that's not an added cost in this option.

My fears are:

1. Sanding takes MUCH longer than I anticipate (which is 10 hours)
2. It'll still look like crap even at its best

I do like this razor (so I'll likely have more patience) because:

1. Its a 6/8 WB Barber (I don't think I'd like it any bigger) but I love the way they look.
2. The scales are in good shape and I like their feel
3. It might keep me motivated enough to be knowledgable with respect to restoration, if not in practice than at least in understanding and thus have a more successful ebay experience later.




Advice?