How to further polish this beauty (Bartmann)?

I'm so happy with this blade I can not wait to shave with it. The weight and balance is just out of this world! The scales are flippin perfect, I wonder if it cost a few bucks in the day.

I'm being extremely carefull polishing it, because I recently cracked a blade on (luckily) a trash razor by polishing it too vigorously.

Anyhow, I've dissolved all real rust, and have sanded the tang like nuts, cant seem to get it much better. the blade itself has some left over marks from rust on it. Now, I know you can go and start at the bottom grit and sand the whole thing, but I would really like to preserve the etching in the blade, it's all just so darn nice on this one, I love the spine also. I got this in a lot, and the lot contained all razors of the previous owner I think, and this one was his latest for sure, it even still had tape marks on the spine hehe.

Anyhow, I've used a variant of Maas and scrubbed most of the stuff off.

My question, if I leave it like this, will it start rusting again on those decolored spots? Does it harm my face in any way to start shaving with this beast right away?

What would be an alternative way, what grit of sandpaper perhaps would be needed, to get the pitting out?

No, I don't have a tumbler..

Oh and, what do you think of the razor?

Love the razor.Love the scales.I'll let the pros give you advice on further work on the blade.Did I mention I love the Razor?If you ever decide to sell it,can I be first?.............

Fanciest razor I have ever seen.

That's a real beauty!!

Have you looked at this thread? http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...mentation.html

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Originally Posted by Stropper

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Yep but as I said, don't have that drn tumbler :) I would buy one for the price they go for in the US, but here they rip you for at least 130 EUR, which my girlfriend would never allow, just for polishing a razor :)

That is one beautiful razor. If I had it I would take some metal polish, give it a going over with a paper towel and call it good. I wouldn't dream of unpinning it and risking damaging those scales. Maybe send it to Max to restore if I had it but I would probably just keep it as is.

I am not a restorer, but I can tell you from experience, it won't start rusting again on those decolored spots if you dry it and leave it open after each shave, and it will not harm your face in any way to start shaving with it.

I use older razors that I cleaned and honed, used a little Maas, but never restored. I use them every day, with no rusting with proper care and no harm to my face.

New Dovos I bought when I started straight shaving in 1994 have water spots, because I didn't figure out that they would stain from putting them away wet until they stained because I was putting them away wet. I take care of them now, and the stains are still there, but no rusting and no harm to my face (the reason it looks this way has nothing to do with spots on straight razors :)).

I know, I know, sacrilege, may razors aren't shiny/spotless. But they work great!

Matt

Gorgeous razor, by the way.

Matt

A trip on the buffers would definitely shine this razor and handle up some, but if the etching on the blade is light, it will be gone. You can try a dremel with some Maas around the etching on the blade but realy be careful.

Lynn

What a BartMann..........

Kinda speechless right now...

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Originally Posted by Stropper

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the tumbler will not remove the pitting.
The only way is to to take it to the wheels, or partially remove it by hand sanding.

Beautiful razor! I'd say clean it with soap and water and get her honed up! Use it for a while and then decide which you would like more, a polished blade or the etching. There's no getting the etching back once it's gone but you can always polish it up some day.

Good luck.

LEAVE IT BE.


A cautionary tale...

That's a beauty!

My shortened Bartmann gave a fantastic shave, real nice!

Like Lynn said, a dremel and Maas might help, but it might wipe out your etching on the blade. Hard to tell how deep it is from the pictures.

I would just use a Q-tip and some Maas on the parts around the etching. You won't get it all out, but I would wanna save the etching on that, and to do that, I think you'll have to forget about getting a mirror finish on it.

I'd say leave it with it's battle scars and enjoy it.

The only way you're going to get that razor to look better is if you put it in my collection.

honed it, shaved with it, fell in love with it.

I have never, ever, shaved with such a fine razor. I didn't know you could get such a comfortable shave, seriously. I couldn't wait to share the news here :D

It's incredibly smooth, I feel like I shaved with a flippin katana or something lol, unbelievable. It's extremely hollow too, I usually dislike that, but this guy, wow, my new king, I highly doubt I'll find anything better than this. I barely felt I was shaving, and my chin area which is always hard, just fell off out of fear of that huge blade lol. The only places where I'm not BBS is where I forgot to shave :D

But just to make sure: IF I DO NOT POLISH IT FURTHER, will it rust fast, or is it OK to leave it like this in this respect (don't care about the look of the blade, it is always covered in soap anyway, but I want to preserve the etching)

Thank you for feeding my RAD. :rant:

And by the way, congrats, that is an amazing razor! :)

+1 sparq

Glad to hear that you just honed, polished, & shaved with it. Even happier that it was as good a shaver as it is a looker.

Personally I just run the blade under the straight hot water, towel dry, hit it with the strop about five passes & put it in my cup of razors that stays on the counter-top. If I get water into the pivot area, I dry things out with the hair dryer. No rust problems at all for me to date. If I take a razor out of rotation, I do oil the blade & pay extra attention to the pivot area.

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Maybe send it to Max to restore

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+1

Plenty of excellent razor-restorers here!

I also live in Belgium AND I own a tumbler so I'd be happy to put your Bartmann in it ...

It's a real beaut btw, where did you find it ?

That razor is absolutely gorgeous!!!

A little Maas love and a buff with a little polish and that baby should shine, shine on!!

Well I think its a lost cause and you should send it to me for safe disposal!
Hahahaha

Love it, glad you do too my friend, now leave it alone, clean it cherish it and use it

while trying to find a picture of this razor to link in another post, I came to realize it's not in the SR Database. It sure looks like that razor is all original and would probably make a fine addition to the database.

Straight Razor Database - Straight Razor Place Wiki

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Originally Posted by TheBaron

while trying to find a picture of this razor to link in another post, I came to realize it's not in the SR Database. It sure looks like that razor is all original and would probably make a fine addition to the database.

Straight Razor Database - Straight Razor Place Wiki

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I second that, go for it dude

Sorry if I sound dumb but what is Maas?

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Originally Posted by mackie

Sorry if I sound dumb but what is Maas?

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Maas is a brand name for a metal polish...
MAAS

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Originally Posted by TheBaron

Maas is a brand name for a metal polish...
MAAS

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.... and it's really really good stuff ...