Thread: 3 Razors, want to clean them up myself

Originally Posted by Maxi

Another thing that will help, is WD 40.

Aside the smell - I'm sure it works wonderfully.

The stuff makes me gag and I didn't want one drop of that loose in my Apartment. I opted for plain water.

Originally Posted by Maxi

Another thing that will help, is WD 40.

When you're sanding, starting at 800.....do a dry pass with 800 for a while, and then finish with a wet pass lubed up with the WD40. Continue this method of dry - wet through to 2000. It gives a really nice low sheen/glow at the end.

You tell me this now...? good to know though, will remember and use that with the 1500 and 2000 stage, i've been using water up to now. but by the time read this i'd got up to 1200..

Tony got me thinking about the potential results with autosol post 2000 grit, so I thought i'd see how it looks now post 1200, pretty good results i think. Thanks to the lovely Tricia Helfer for providing freaky cylon reflection

Remember how i said this blade seemed extra hollow ground? well i found these pictures of basically the same blade with a different name by tuckmar. check out how thin it is

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...er-Modell-1930

Do you have any CrOx spray? It's also a good polisher after 2000.

Here's another tip....walk to a local jewelry store and ask the nice man what he uses for his final buff on his custom rings and such. Explain your arcane hobby, and he just might let you buy a chunk.

Worked for me.....now I have enough white rouge for about 1000 more razors, and all it cost me was a handshake and "hello".

3 in 1 oil works pretty well for the wet sanding and is a bit easier to work with and less stanky than the water displacement 40.

Originally Posted by tekbow

You tell me this now...? good to know though, will remember and use that with the 1500 and 2000 stage, i've been using water up to now. but by the time read this i'd got up to 1200..

Tony got me thinking about the potential results with autosol post 2000 grit, so I thought i'd see how it looks now post 1200, pretty good results i think. Thanks to the lovely Tricia Helfer for providing freaky cylon reflection

Her foxiness wasn't able to outplay the violently annoying role she played - her and what's his name turned my stomach even more than WD-40... but I digress...

Yep, that autosol seems to polish up nicely. Gotta get some of that stuff.

I like the grind of that "Tee". Should hone up nicely and shave well.

Another of many questions.. Thankyou for all your patience and help guys

Right so i found a place in the uk that does a Norton combi waterstone kit (very reasonably priced and includes a 220/1000, 4000/8000 and a lapping stone) so coming up to honing soon. maybe when i get back from my next hitch offshore.

Is it worth having a jewellers loupe to inspect the edge with as you progress through the wetstone grades?

as you saw i managed to shaft the edge a bit on this one, so figure the loupe might be worth it to make sure i've got all the raggedness away as i'm setting the bevel on say the 220?

Edit: Tony, forgot to say, i noticed on the autosol box that it's produced over in solingen. Nuff said really

Right, I got the 1500 and 2000. Anyone in the uk wanting to do this, Halford sell by the pack. And.. as an added bonus, they have 2500 grit too.. So now i have 2500 grit..

Also picked a chamois cloth for final polish after the autosol and some WD40 (I work with it, used to the smell).

Lets see what tonight brings

Originally Posted by tekbow

Is it worth having a jewellers loupe to inspect the edge with as you progress through the wetstone grades?

I found one very useful

as you saw i managed to shaft the edge a bit on this one, so figure the loupe might be worth it to make sure i've got all the raggedness away as i'm setting the bevel on say the 220?

I watched the video series associated with Lynns video located on the opening page and found it invaluable. Lynn used many stones, but I was mainly concerned with his technique for bevel setting as all I had was a 4k/8k. I don't think he ever went below a 1k, nor do I remember any of the other guys ever mentioning going below either.

I've seen some pretty jacked-up edges on this forum and yours doesn't seem to fall into any of those categories. I'll bet a set or two of light circles on a 1k and you'll be moving up pretty quickly.

Edit: Tony, forgot to say, i noticed on the autosol box that it's produced over in solingen. Nuff said really

Natch, Jackson... I'll order some from somewhere, sometime.

So, just finished up the final polish and here's the results:

original condition



After finishing



Pizza!



Progression was 180 - 2500 grit wet dry, last 3 grits with WD40 as suggested by maxi, autosol and q-tips, polished with kitchen tissue, toilet paper, chamois and microfibre cloth.

So, stuff I'd do different

• pay attention to earlier grit grades, there's some scartches left from an early stage
• need to get some kind of sand block, maybe like pencil with razor type idea, going, sitting rubbing with little squares on your fingertips is tough. Hell of a manicure though
• As suggested on a different thread, maybe a cushion bottomed tray would be nice to work on

just need to sand the file scratches off the scales now.

So that's it until i get back from the rig, at that point i'll have a repinning kit and my norton wetstones. Anyone think it's worth trying to establish a bevel now on some of the lower grade sandpaper?