I have a Wade & Butcher that is pretty tarnished but has no rust or pitting, as you can see from the attached image. I went over it with Prism metal polish for the initial cleaning. I then went over it with 320 grit paper, wet sanding with WD40. It cleaned up pretty well considering the shape that it was in when I started. I guess that my question is this. Do I continue with 320 at this point or move to something lighter? Do I forgo sandpaper at this point and switch to polish? If polish, do I need a buffer?

I'm concerned about eating into the etching on the blade. As you can see, near the bottom that seems to already be happening. The razor does feel smooth to the touch, no rough spots at all, not that that really means anything.

On another note, I have an old Delta bench grinder. If I swap out the grinding wheels for polishing wheels will that be adequate or is a grinder and a polisher two very different things? I do not believe that what I have is variable speed.

Any thoughts on the next step in the cleaning process would be appreciated. I really don't want to ruin this razor.



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