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    Default First ever restoration...

    Thought I'd share some pics of my first ever restoration.

    This one is far from perfect, and I haven't honed it yet (that's for tomorrow night), but I learnt a lot doing this, as well as developing some callouses on my fingers and a sore arm. But it was the most rewarding thing I have done in a long time. I have another two to restore and can't wait. Before pics here, as well as pics of the other two.

    http://straightrazorpalace.com/newbies-corner/39819-vintage-blade-hunting.html

    Thanks to all for your feedback and advice, and for this great site.
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    From what I can see in the photos it looks like a nice piece of work.

    Congratulations!

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    The razor looks nice! Share with us some of the processes you went through to bring this razor to its current condition.
    Kent

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    Top notch work. Well done.

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    Very nice !!! Great job on transitioning from before to after. Looking forward to your next one.

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    That looks like a razor that I would like to use. very nice work.

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    Looking good! It looks like a decent sized blade, too.

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    Nice job on the razor from the before pics you have done a lot of hand sanding. Nice overall finish and an excellent job for your first try.

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    Good job!

    It really looks nice. I hope to get into restoration soon. It's always exciting to see something nice come out of something that looked really cruddy.

    With this being your first one, I am hopeful that I will be able to do a good job too.

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    Nice job!! wish I had the patients to polish the blades.
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    “If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)

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