Thread: Will the Scratches Ever Come Out?

Try to find some 180 and 320 paper.
I found that at coarse grits, doing a big jump (120 to 220) will take a long time to wipe out.

If you guys remember TheTopher .... I watched him refinish razors with the dremel and compounds. He would get a mirror finish but that was after up to ten (10) hours of hand sanding.

Originally Posted by OLD_SCHOOL

But without the compound and Dremel, were there still scratches after 2k?

I just finished lightly restoring a few razors, and they have plenty of scratch marks, yet if I put the blade near something it will reflect the image almost like it were mirror shiny.

Yeah, I get that look to it, too, but if I catch the right light there are really fine scratches that almost just looks like dullness. I have to look for them by twisting the razor. I might go back to 1200 and up to 2K again, just to see if I can even out the scratches a bit better or get rid of 'em. But one I get to 2K there's that mirror shine in there that gets me antsy to use the buffer!

Of course, there are a few stray scratches from the real low grits that I didn't bother to go back and get, but that's something different. I just didn't want to go all the way back to 120. I find most of the strays near the shoulder/stabilizers actually. I'm also noticing a trend on where rust forms: shoulder/stabilizers, near the pivot obviously, jimps of course, on the toe if it's close to the wedge and along the edge of the scales when closed.