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First Attempt
Last week I picked up two razors for about 15 dollars. Both sets of scales were broken and the blades themselves had both rust and tarnish on them. I bought these mainly for honing practice but after a couple hours of hand sanding I came out with this. I now realize I should have taken a photo before I started.
I took this photo about half way through sanding.
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This is how they turned out.
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My home made sanding/polishing powertool. :)
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Now I'm shaping wood scales to put on these. I think they may turn out to be decent shavers.
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Looks good so far. Doesn't it feel good to make razors look nice? Ahhhh....for me, that first restore was the moment of a growing obsession....er...I mean passion!
Great pics.
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I've got some Maas coming my way, so I will put that stuff on and buff them up. Hopefully that will make them sparkle.
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First Attempt
I haven't found MAAS to be that useful in polishing/cleaning ferrous metals. Actually it better on the 'plastic' parts.
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I found that MAAS can be applied many times and each time delivers a better finish. It may require a few passes to get rid of the thin oxide that was formed upon the surface of the steel. Myself, I love it!
I often use a copper/brass polish to get the surface clean and uniform to start with. They have a pumice grit that does not scratch in them. Considering the smell and they way the clean oxide off brass and copper they may have acetic acid also.
~Richard
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For me restoring is like golfing... I buy the latest likkie and chewie on the market for a better game, and score is still crappy....i couldn"t restore a brand new blade...
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This part was fairly easy, all it is is sanding with wet/dry paper with some wd-40. I have no desire to get into the real metalwork. I'll send those jobs out to the pro's.