Thread: My first "restoration" attempt

I dipped my toe in more than anything. I've postponed my restoration efforts for a year at least to concentrate on academics.

Member ambrose is doing the restoration as I type and I cannot wait to see what magic he's going to work.

Post Pics once it comes home if you would please. Would love to see how it turned out.

Hey there Ichinichi,

Nice work with the 220! I ended up sanding a WB wedge all the way to 2000 then I realized there were tons of scratches left over +1 on the advice from Del1r1um.

Also ambrose seems like a he would do an awesome job!

Also something I learned out of newbie excitement and wish I had done it. Try to go light on your first couple of restores. I mean don't go crazy and try to remove all the pitting or start sanding with a dremel. You might end up rounding of the nice grind marks on the tang and the shoulders. I would have preferred to have some shiny pits instead of changing the shape of the razor slightly.

thanks for bringing this thread back up, fatpanda.

an update is that ambrose is almost finished with all the razors i dumped on him. i'll post pics in the gallery once they come home.

If I may butt in, I'm about to attempt my first restore also from a couple of razors I won off of ebay, and I have a couple of questions along the same lines:

If the scales are in good condition, can or do you remove the blade from the scales or just get as much of the blade when sanding as you can? I do want to try to keep the original scales, especially if they are natural materials.

How do you restorers feel about using a buffer after the sandpaper? I have a 8" buffer wheel charged with CrO2, as well as an adjustable speed rotary tool buffer heads with CrO2, and 8K and 15K diamond pastes.

What kind of markup is normal/expected/acceptable when reselling the razor? If you don't want to answer that publicly, please PM me. Do you charge "X" amount per hour, or a flat fee + parts?

BTW Fatpanda brought up a very good point about not over sanding the pitting. I think it gives the blade some real character.

Thanks!