Thread: My Geneva part 2

I worked on this great razor already before but was not happy wit the out come with the sanding there are still grit scratches from previous grits so I'm going to take my time. Instead of getting into a big hurry

Hurrying is the cause of so many problems. I found that out the hard way a few times. Should turn out nicely. Good luck.

I have a led flash light and I'm checking really well to see if I removed all the scratches

I've done a small bit of blade restoration ( in comparison to some of the guys on here) and I've learnt as you are that trying to hurry a blade to make it shine normally means it doesn't come out like you expect, time is the key the more time your willing to invest the better the outcome. I've opted to take the blade to work with me in the past and spend my lunch hour polishing whilst listening to some nice music when I find I don't have time to work on them in the evenings.

I tend to use nothing under 1000 grit wet and dry I use a metal polish with the sandpaper ( its slow going but it saves trying to recover the deeper scratches left by courser papers ) to recover a blade that's rusted once I've got the blade to an acceptable rust free level I will then look to see what sanding marks I have and where then spend time working on each mark with just metal polishes to remove them. At that point I just start working the entire blade over with polish and soft clothes until it shines.

There's lots of ways todo a restore on a blade and I'm sure if you take your time and work at it slowly that blade will look stunning. Plenty of the guys will be more than willing to share some tips on how todo a restore

One thing I will say however is to keep as far away as possible from dremel style tools there's enough horror stories on here about people running perfectly salvageable blades with them for you to add yours to the list. There fine for certain tasks like Lilly polishing scales to the back end of the blade but can easily shred a blades edge in seconds.

Good luck with your restore and don't forget to post pics when your done

She already looks nice to me.