Thread: My pipe razor

Here is my pipe razor that I picked up just a minute ago.

That razor should turn out nicely. What grit paper is that? Looks really low.

It's 80 grit actually

Interesting, just fixed up a pipe blade that is exactly the same. Should come up real nice. What do the original scales look like?

Bob

The scales where celluloid that were rotten and holy

I don't think I would use 80 grit cause it would take along time to get rid of the scratches "IMHO". 320 is usually what I will start with and on the rare occasion I would use 220.

here is a pic before 320

What was your progression?

I've only done two so far so I'm far from an expert but just make sure you spend the time to get all the scratch marks from each grit before moving up or you'll spend the time doing it all over again.

I start from 80 grit depending on if I need it than 150,220,320,400,600,800,1000,1500, and I can't remember what my micro mesh grit lvl is but I believe is the highest is 20000grit

If you weren't starting to see yourself in the razor at 1000 you moved up too soon somewhere. At what point did you ad a wet agent and what did you use? I started wet at 400 and just used water with baking soda in it Because I was inside.