Tutorial for Blade restoration using dremel?

Hey there,
New to the site, shaving with straights and restoring them!
I recently picked up a couple straight razors that i'm working away at restoring using some sand paper. After some time the straights started looking better and i'm going to keep working on them, but I was wondering if having a dremel would speed things up. I've read a few time that using a dremel isn't a good idea. But I also read that people do use them.

Is there any kind of guide for using a dremel to get some pitting out and then polish/restore a straight? or is hand sanding the way to go? what about for polishing after the pitting is removed?

thanks in advance!

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Originally Posted by Nation

Hey there,
New to the site, shaving with straights and restoring them!
I recently picked up a couple straight razors that i'm working away at restoring using some sand paper. After some time the straights started looking better and i'm going to keep working on them, but I was wondering if having a dremel would speed things up. I've read a few time that using a dremel isn't a good idea. But I also read that people do use them.

Is there any kind of guide for using a dremel to get some pitting out and then polish/restore a straight? or is hand sanding the way to go? what about for polishing after the pitting is removed?

thanks in advance!

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My advice is always to learn by hand. This is true of anything from whipping a meringue to hammering a nail to sanding a blade.

Doing it by hand first means you get to see the stages as they develop slowly and the reason why certain techniques/methods are important.

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Originally Posted by Pauly

My advice is always to learn by hand. This is true of anything from whipping a meringue to hammering a nail to sanding a blade.

Doing it by hand first means you get to see the stages as they develop slowly and the reason why certain techniques/methods are important.

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+1 :D


If you decide to disregard this excellent advice and use the Dremel, get a soft pine board and keep the edge of the razor on the pine board whenever the Dremel is on the razor :) This might, and only might, save you the heartache of a broken blade...

My first project using a dremel on a blade went great.
Until the blade got destroyed.

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Originally Posted by Nation

Is there any kind of guide for using a dremel to get some pitting out and then polish/restore a straight? or is hand sanding the way to go? what about for polishing after the pitting is removed?

thanks in advance!

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me:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/video...me-razors.html
kenrup:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/video...rs-beware.html