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I have few pieces of buffalo horn and decide to make set of scales but unfortunatelly I never try to polish out buffalo horn (black one) so I am interested which way to polish it to high gloss finish?
I think about sandpaper up to 2000 but not 100% sure is that right way.
Thx for info.
If you check out the wiki, there's a series of videos that show a full restoration from start to finish. If I'm not mistaken, he uses black horn for the scales. He shows you all his steps to take it to a high gloss. Hope this helped.
micromesh progression to `12k, if you do not have that use sand paper.
If you use sand paper, go as high as possible then hand polish with some polishing compound. If you have a buffer, buff the scales after the sand paper.
Funny you post this...I have several slabs on the way for a few razors & have never worked with it...
So far the most dependable way I have found is using the sandpaper wet, from 400-800-1500-2400-4000-8000-12000... (1500-12k is Micromesh)
The following with a wax coating and hand buffing...
I have moved away from using buffing wheels even though they are faster and easier the results are just better by hand...
I just finished these. Wet sanded up to 2K then buffed on 4 compounds up to chrome ox. Only took a half hour.
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I don't polish horns so I don't know But these guys can help . They are a great bunch of people .
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+1 on the micromesh, that stuff is brilliant. It works great on scales and on blades and leaves a really great finish. Then you can just hit the polished item with some MAAS (for a blade) or other polish for the scales to bring up the final finished surface.
The majpr problem with buffing is a tendency to round the edges or make little saucer-shaped depressions around holes. When I made folding knife scales, it was really important to prevent rounding where they had to contact metal with no visible space. So I fixed them together with their flat surfaces together. You can use tiny nuts and bolts, or a couiple of tiny dabs of glue, since folding knife scales will be up against metal forever, But for razor scales you could use double-sided tape, or any glue you can be sure of removing entirely. Any kind of pins in the holes will prevent saucering.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stubear
Of course razor scales don't need sharp edges on their inner surfaces. The problem with just relying on a buff to produce slight rounding, is that it may be uneven in a substance with directional grain.
That really is one nice looking razor. I have a thing for nice Greaves razors. Will try that procedure on the horn scales that I have ready for my George Brittain razor. :-)
