Quote Originally Posted by TURNMASTER View Post
Dude, I don't do restores but if you start looking through these posts you will find many posts addressing this. Also in the WIKI. Yes you can mirror just the spine and tang. Sand, sand, sand, buff, buff,buff, polish, polish, polish. More or less, depending on what you are looking for in a given area on the blade.

Start here
http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...wers-here.html

Sorry to not be more help, but kinda out of my expertise.

Jeff
Thanks for the response.. I've looked through the wiki, and it does have some great advice.. I've done 2 "restores" that were really only blade-in-tang sandings because i didn't have the equipment to un/pin the scales. also, those were on 2 blades that I picked up specifically to practice restoring.. This is the first oen that I've actually really cared about, so I wanted to ask if anyone more knowledgeable than I had any info.