Thread: 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.



This is how they turned out.


My home made sanding/polishing powertool.



Now I'm shaping wood scales to put on these. I think they may turn out to be decent shavers.

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.

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.

I haven't found MAAS to be that useful in polishing/cleaning ferrous metals. Actually it better on the 'plastic' parts.

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

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...

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.