Just thought I`d share an unfortunate experience I had tonight.

I restore, hone and build custom scales in my area.
I am fairly confident in my skills and experience.

One of my rules is that I DON`T work on heirloom razors. I don`t feel the
risk outweighs the gains at all.

Well tonight, I broke my rule and it bit me in the a**!

I was working on a nice heirloom IMPERIAL razor for someone and I
accidentally removed some of the gold wash from the blade....

My heart sank, and I was almost sick to my stomach. Now I had to
contact this person and let them know that I made a mistake that I could not fix.

Thankfully, the person was very understanding and is allowing me to finish up on his three razors. I will be doing some free custom scales for him at a later time in an attempt to make it right, but it sure could have turned out differently.


It was a good lesson for me, a reminder of my own fallibility and a warning about over confidence.

After this, I will surely be sticking to my `No Heirlooms`rule!!