Thread: Feedback on restore wanted

As i was looking it over last night, one of the other things that I dont' like is the discoloration of the blade on the face side. That's not a smudge, the steel is darker. I've scrubbed with steel wool and used flitz. Wont' go away. I'm considering bluing the whole blade. that might be going too far, though.

Goog

What I see is a degree of lack in what craftspeople sometimes refer to as "fairing". Within the overall shape there is an interruption in the flow.

It is truing and flattening, honing the surface. In this you have proceeded to the finish stone before setting the bevel.

If the angularity of the scales profile is intentional; it looks wrong. The area at the bottom of the inside curve is a common place for errors to occur. It is best avoided by starting at each end and meeting in the middle and starting in the middle and working outward(uphill) in opposite directions, and gently across the full length. yeah! in every way possible to smooth and "fair the radius.

The edges too need to be "beveled" , radius-ed accurately. Yours appears a liitle more or less; just kind of smeared and blended.

These are small things easily remedied. I think you have made a good choice of material for the blade. And the smudge is really not so much I think. It is not new, nor should anyone (i think anyway) expect a shaver to continually look new.

Originally Posted by greatgoogamooga

As i was looking it over last night, one of the other things that I dont' like is the discoloration of the blade on the face side. That's not a smudge, the steel is darker. I've scrubbed with steel wool and used flitz. Wont' go away. I'm considering bluing the whole blade. that might be going too far, though.

Goog

Have you tried something more aggressive than metal polish ? Was that area tarnished before. ? Sometimes that stuff just won't yield.

I'm only guessing but if the discoloration is "in" the steel it may be something to do with the heat treat &/or metal composition. I've had a couple of patchy blades but not over such a large area as yours.

If you blue it likely the blue will be uneven too.