C-MON Blackie Rebuild Pics....
I wanted to take a bunch of pics of a C-MON Blackie rebuild that I'm working through to show that although you don't have a bunch of shop equipment, you can still do a really nice rebuild on a low budget and get some nice results.
I've had this Blackie for about six months and it shaves great, but the scales are thin, puny things that don't look right on the blade...actually, I hate the scales that it has on it.
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First thing I did was to remove the pins using the method I wrote about here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...al-method.html
Here was the result
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I don't do full restores due to lack of proper skill and equipment so I'll call this a 'rebuild' instead of a full restore. The blade looked nice but as you can see, there's lots of scum and lather residual that had to be removed. So using a HF rotary, I used the metal brush to get rid of all the scum and old blue from the tang only.
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From here, I went to a local sporting goods store and picked up a Perma-Blu kit to redo the tang...
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Following the direction, I wet sanded at 400 over the tang...
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I followed up with an ample sanding using 2k wet sandpaper to smooth out as many imperfections as I could...
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After the 2k, I moved on to about thirty minutes of Mother's metal polish to bring as much of the shine out as I could.
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