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    Default Cheap razor, needs lots of love, here I go.

    So I was searching eBay for a $.99 snag of a razor to practice sanding and honing and such. Bingo! I paid about $5, pretty much just paid for shipping.

    I got her today and she has been mistreated and is in desperate need of TLC. Massive over-honing on toes and spine, what I consider to be a frown, a deep "lake" of a spot on one side, and some rickety old scales that barely keep the blade attached.

    I just started some 215 grit sanding and she's already coming back to life. I plan to move up the grit on the sanding a bit and finish with the maas. Luckily there isn't much etching or stamping so I won't worry about that.

    I'll save the scales for when I get my feet wet. I figure this is the best place for me to start and with such a low investment I have no fear. That and I have already giving myself 3 stitches so up hill from here. Below are the before pics from eBay.
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    Good idea starting on one like that. Enjoy the laerning experience.
    "I aint like that no more...my wife, she cured me of drinking and wickedness"
    Clint Eastwood as William Munny in Unforgiven

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    Even the longest journey begins with a single step.
    I'll bet you have her shining and shaving in no time.

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    First pass through the 215 grit. I was able to get past the big puddle of a pit that might have been rust that was removed. Time to move up.
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    600 grit and 215 again and back to 600. I had a few deeper lines from the low grit paper. Whoever last said elbow grease was right. I think I need to take a break haha.

    Now I just need a better camera.
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    Good Job. Proof of what a little determination and elbow grease can accomplish.

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    This is perfect for learning, a number of problems to solve, but it looks as if you are on the way. Just think by the time you are done that 5$ razor will be worth closer to 50$.
    It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain

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