Stupid mistakes made in the shop
I have been restoring for awhile now and find this thread very amusing. The longer you do this thing, the more stuff happens. It seems that no matter how careful you are, you still manage to screw some up - hopefully nothing valuable or historic. I will put my "stuff not to do" in Biblical format:
1) Never leave thy blade on the edge of thy workbench while thine buffer is on. Carbon steel liketh not hitting the concrete firmament.
2) Turneth not up the edge into thy buffing wheel. Doing so will taketh a chunk out of thy blade and possibly thine hand or foot.
3) Be thou conservative with thy griding wheel. Steel once removed, cannot be replaced.
4) Do not pursue that final pit or thou shalt turn thy blade into holy foil.
I have done all of the above, and I'm sure I have more coming.