Restoration differences !!!
What are you after?????
I know we all of a sudden have a ton of Restore people out there, and maybe that is because one of the best documented sections on this forum is the Workshop...
But perhaps it is time to qualify restoration....
There are stages out there, and I know some people don't realize this, especially when I see people saying things like you should leave pits and patina instead of a mirror finish...
That is a degree of finish, that the person who owns the razor decides on...
There are Clean and Hone Restorations...
There are Vintage Restorations
There are Custom Restorations
Each one of these are decided on by the owner of the razor...
For instance on my personal restores, I usually try for a Vintage Restore, to make the razor as close to the day it left the factory as possible...
Some people opt for a Clean and Hone style which is exactly what it sounds like clean the active rust and crud off the steel and scales,and then hone that puppy up and your done... You don't see a ton of pictures of this on the forum because basically everyone has seen them before...
This creates the bias that restorers all want that perfect mirror finish and custom scales, this assumption is almost laughable... We just don't post pics of the Clean and Hone restores, honestly they get boring to look at...
What you see a lot of pictures of, are the Full Custom Restores, with the mirror or near mirror finishes and new custom scales... These are the full blown deal, the razor restoration taken to the limit and again the owner of the razor decides if that is what he wants...
Keep in mind, you see mostly pics of the best work, the most drastic changes... You don't see to many pictures of just normal every day restores but they are being done way more often then you might think...
So get out there, and have some fun...