Thread: Buffing hollow ground razors is tricky

I have been having difficulties reaching the middle of the hollow ground blades with greaseless compound. I know some people go with the blade vertical or use smaller wheels (like 4 inch)..I have been trying these tricks but with mitigated success. going vertical makes it hard to reach the areas around the stabilizer and I dont like how you have to hold the blade this way. Going sideways with smaller wheels is better but still, most of the contact is made on the edge or the spine of the blade.

I would appreciate if you guys could share how you buff those nasty hollow grounds

thanks in advance

You could try using a dremmel tool with a small one inch buffing wheel.

I buff them how I imagine they were ground - with the wheel only contacting inside the hollow. The spine is not touching the wheel when I buff the hollow face of the blade.
I keep the blade tilted just a bit so the edge doesn't make contact and grind away.

Originally Posted by HNSB

I buff them how I imagine they were ground - with the wheel only contacting inside the hollow. The spine is not touching the wheel when I buff the hollow face of the blade.
I keep the blade tilted just a bit so the edge doesn't make contact and grind away.

That said , do you go horizontal or vertical. Because going horizontal it's hard to have the edge and spine not touching and only the inside touching.

Originally Posted by mackie

You could try using a dremmel tool with a small one inch buffing wheel.

Maybe I could try this. But i wonder how good the dremel with one inch wheel is with greaseless compound. And I have heard some scary stories with dremels and restoring blades

Dremel really isn't that bad if you mount the dremel in a vise and then use both hands to guide the blade (facing away from you of course). I had loads of issues polishing using a dremel when trying to hold the dremel itself but after buying the vise mount dremel sells it hasn't given me one problem ever. You get a much smoother finish this way too since you are working with it just like a big buffer. I use these bits...

Dremel EZ Lock Accessories

the abrasive 180 grit buff is perfect for replacing hand sanding. They used to sell an impregnated rubber flapper too that was perfect for finishing but I don't see it anymore. Ridiculously overpriced, I know.

In my opinion the dremel could be a perfect restore tool given better and cheaper buffs like the ones dremel sells. Would be great to see someone come up with a purpose fit set of dremel bits for razor restore that are both effective and reasonable. One idea I had for a great accessory would be a planetary gear reduction of say 10:1 that snaps on the front of the tool to turn the ridiculous speed into lower RPM torque.

best money i have spen when it comes to razors is the felt belt

i have 3 of them i can now buff any razor i grind no problem no matter the wheel size
i have them loadedd with black, white and green compound

Is this on a multi-wheel belt sander? Any chance we could beg a picture?

An alternative you have probably not considered.... Hand sand them.