Thread: Help me hide my ignorance

Hi Guys,

I picked up a Boker with some pitting on the bevel. I have been reading and reading these forums so I went to my hone to see if I could get past the pitting to bright, shiny steel before I went to much further in the rest of the restoring. Unfortunately I didn't pay attention to the posts that say to tape the spine. Now I have some glaring hone wear. It was a really low grit stone so when the light hits the blade the hone wear just about glows.

My question is how can I hide/lessen it? Can I sand it out with a higher grit sand paper or do I have to use a higher grit stone?

Originally Posted by Raithen

Hi Guys,

I picked up a Boker with some pitting on the bevel. I have been reading and reading these forums so I went to my hone to see if I could get past the pitting to bright, shiny steel before I went to much further in the rest of the restoring. Unfortunately I didn't pay attention to the posts that say to tape the spine. Now I have some glaring hone wear. It was a really low grit stone so when the light hits the blade the hone wear just about glows.

My question is how can I hide/lessen it? Can I sand it out with a higher grit sand paper or do I have to use a higher grit stone?

At this point do not give it another thought.
The goal was to find if you could hone the razor to
a worthy shaver.... So follow through on with that.

You might take a pinch of paper and some MAAS to polish
the blade a bit or a small pinch of 3M wet/dry 2000 paper and
worry some of the patina off. No heavy sanding
just a light brightening.

First, did you get to good steel? Finish it up to see how it shaves. It's a Boker, so should shave as all bokers do: very well.

As far as hone wear, it's there & there is no hiding it. It will polish out like the edge, but it will always be hone wear. I can think of no better razor to learn to hone on as well as restore...AS LONG AS YOU GOT TO GOOD METAL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BEVEL.

I think I did get to good steel. It's very shiny and I can't see anymore pits or serrations to the edge anymore from the pits. My problem is at this point I only have a very coarse stone and i don't know when I can get something finer. While it is the sharpest thing I have ever honed, I am not brave enough to try shaving with after just my stone.

I know that the metal has been removed and I can't put it back. I'm just looking for hope that I can maybe reduce the glare that is there from the coarse stone.

You could give the blade a vinegar patina if you want it to be dark, or you could polish the rest of the blade to be bright and shiny.