Restoring an old pipe wedge with light etching.

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Originally Posted by regularjoe

Somebody has to explain that bump thing to me sometime. I think the general concensus is that with mirror polishing, etching is lost. But some have had success with MAAS and 0000 norton steel wool using extremely light pressure. Think, "I am the water, carving rock" Meaning to say it takes a long long time. And you might search "tumbler" to see if anybody was able to do it with the brass tumblers. I'm about a week from picking up one of those for myself. Otherwise, it seems like you may be asking to have the cake, and eat it too.

i only use the bump when i see that the post has been moved down the page or to the second page in the forum without responses or many page views... it brings it back up into the list so that maybe people who weren't online to see it when i posted are able to see it agian..
I understand that, in this case especially, there's a fairly good chance that, if i want a full mirror on it, the etching will be gone.. which is why i'm asking in the first place because i really do like the look with the etching and would be happy not going with a full mirror finish on the blade itself if thats the only option i have.. My hope was actually that there would be some process that could clean up the face of the razor enough to make the etching show just a bit more and remove the little bit of rust that is around it. and yeah, i probably am asking to have the cake and eat it too, but if i can't, i mostly just want to know what options I have available before I start any work on the razor. Thanks for the input!!!