Thread: It can happen to anyone

So I began a restore project a while back on a Torrey 5/8 full hollow grind. I had cleaned up the scales to their original luster. Granted, they were celluloid so they weren't too dirty, but they cleaned up pretty well. Then I began to polish blade. All done by hand. After lurkin on the workshop section and the restoration pages I read horror stories of a slipped dremel or a sliced open hand and took extra precaution not to let that happen. So finally, today after 2 months of work and handsanding from 100 grit to 2000 I finally picked up a jar of Mothers and began the final polishand buffing... Took the polish and made a nice light coat, and could already see myself in the blade, then tried to buff for tha perfect mirror finish... Replaying the threads in my head of letting the blade run away, I was overly cautious not to let that happen. Then it did, I caught an edge on the tissue soft edge of the buffing pad and... Demolished the razor, obliterated the blade, sent shards flying everywhere. Luckily I was wearing a face shield and deflect about 3 pieces to the face. But after thinking it wouldn't happen... It did. So moral is, don't try to be too perfect, sometimes done is done. I'll post pictures when I get done crying and grieving.

sorry bout the razor... but really glad you can still see from both eyes and count to 10 without removing a shoe or dropping your pants.....

Oh man! Sorry about your razor, but really glad you were wearing your face shield!
Chalk it down to learning a lesson, next one will be great I'm sure.
FWIW, I keep my razors laying flat on a board when I'm polishing, so the edge is straight down on the material.

Originally Posted by str8fencer

Oh man! Sorry about your razor, but really glad you were wearing your face shield!
Chalk it down to learning a lesson, next one will be great I'm sure.
FWIW, I keep my razors laying flat on a board when I'm polishing, so the edge is straight down on the material.

I definitely have chalked it up to lesson learned... But as far as the polishing, I used a magnet I had kept for no reason from a computer hard drive... Incredibly strong. The blade won't move an inch, which is good. However, the buffer was a table top dual brush type. One side has a rough grinding side for sanding metal, while the other is a buffing side. (I work in a military metal shop). Now off to the Bay for a rusty practice blade. At least I managed to salvage the scales for a future remodel.

Ouch, I'm sorry. You are right it does happen on occasion. I have a blade that I STILL need to extract from the drywall.

Originally Posted by joshb1000

So I began a restore project a while back on a Torrey 5/8 full hollow grind. I had cleaned up the scales to their original luster. Granted, they were celluloid so they weren't too dirty, but they cleaned up pretty well. Then I began to polish blade. All done by hand. After lurkin on the workshop section and the restoration pages I read horror stories of a slipped dremel or a sliced open hand and took extra precaution not to let that happen. So finally, today after 2 months of work and handsanding from 100 grit to 2000 I finally picked up a jar of Mothers and began the final polishand buffing... Took the polish and made a nice light coat, and could already see myself in the blade, then tried to buff for tha perfect mirror finish... Replaying the threads in my head of letting the blade run away, I was overly cautious not to let that happen. Then it did, I caught an edge on the tissue soft edge of the buffing pad and... Demolished the razor, obliterated the blade, sent shards flying everywhere. Luckily I was wearing a face shield and deflect about 3 pieces to the face. But after thinking it wouldn't happen... It did. So moral is, don't try to be too perfect, sometimes done is done. I'll post pictures when I get done crying and grieving.

ohhhh noooooo my condolences on ur blade =[[[

Man, sorry to hear that!

Glad you got out unscathed though, and the moral here is always wear eye protection!

Sharp objects moving at high speeds are to be avoided.

Sorry to hear about your loss. +1 to being glad you have all of your bits in tact.

Was think about a buffer for the bench grinder. Not so sure now. Thanks for posting.

I appreciate the condolences, once I get home I'll post pictures like I said. Bench grinder/buffers are ok to have, especially if you know how to use them. I know how, but everyone has slip ups... Just wish I didn't slip up on my own razor. But I guess afte what everyone had said, I'm glad that hard a&@ sergeant that taught me when I was coming up through the ranks drilled it into my head the muscle memory of always wearing eye protection. Thanks again everyone, I hope to astonish you all with my next "finished" restore.