Originally Posted by
JimmyHAD
The Topher was a member that used to be active here and lived near enough to me for me to visit him and watch him hone and restore razors. I've seen some of his work and he could take a rusted and pitted old Sheffield wedge and have it shinning like a new dime.
So I asked him what his sanding progression was and he told me. Then I asked him how long it took to do one particular Mappin & Webb and he replied that the hand sanding had taken 10 hours on that particular blade before the polishing.
I decided that I really preferred blades with patina at that point. :D