Finished First Restore with help from all of you!

Hi everyone..

Guess I was never sure if I was entered into the contest that is to end tonight at midnight... So this is my official entry post.. I had a lot of fun and learned so much from my Restoration.. I think I learned patience, persistance and determination as much as anything.. I was pleased with the results thanks to the help from all of you who gave me endless advice and support.. All of you are to be commended for being so patient with we new razor restorers asking the same questions over and over.

I finished this razor after 2 weeks of hand sanding and polishing... I did use a dremel to buff the scales and the blades before putting the razor back together.. I used turtle wax green rubbing compound thanks to Max's advice and it worked great.. I used a 1" felt wheel on the blade and a 2" cotton wheel on the scales.. I was surprised to see how shiny it got.. I buffed on the blade and scales lightly off and on for an hour being very careful not to overheat either..

I was proud that I was able to save the etching on the blade.. it took a lot of extra effort to sand around the etching and continue to remove all the rust, pitting and scratches before continueing to the next grit. There was plenty of rust on both sides of the blade, tang, and monkey tail.. but the largest amount of rust was on the spine! It took several days just to work on that one area..wow!! Getting the tang and Jimps to shine up was also a challenge with the criss cross markings on the tang.

Someone said ... hey your not finsihed till you shave with it.. so I got it sharpened and shaved with it yesterday morning and it shaves great... There is a special thrill recieved from shaving with a razor that you have had completely apart and have rubbed every milimeter of it for 2 weeks before putting it back together to shave with... It was a very satisfying shave and close too!

Everyone should restore at least one razor so you will appreciate all the beautiful restorations you see on SRP and all the work required to make them look so great!

Thanks again to everyone for all your help support and advice... couldn't have done it without you and that's the truth!!... Here's just a few more pics.. Sorry... pictures just don't do it justice... hey but I may be a little biased!!

Maq

P.S. Before and After pics are available on the first post of this thread.

I'm not positive, but I think you need to put your razor into the actual competition thered to get counted in. Might want to check that while there is still time.

Beautiful work! Thanks for posting as I sure everyone enjoyed it and it provides me a mark to shoot for as I have an interesting in restoration.
Again, beautiful work.

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Scott

Tnx Muirtach,
I finally figured out where the contest thread is.....not sure why I didn't know?...I appreciate your help! Maq

Hard Blues,

Good luck with your restoration... It is a great deal of fun and very satisfying.. It takes some tunnel vision and determination... but it is all well worth it..

There is so much help for you if you have any questions... there are a lot of experts monitoring the forum who will always jump in and give you the best of advice.. The Wiki section is also completely full of helpful guides and videos.. good luck and have fun with your restoration...

maq

Looks beautiful. Very very good for first restore.

"perserverence and stubborness payed off eventually"

Crap. I was hoping this could somehow be accomplished through sloth and procrastination.

Really, super-nice.

WOW, what a great job. I'm going to have to tackle one of those in the future.