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    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.

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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!

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