Thread: My first blade restoration

This afternoon was restoration time. I have a Landell 6/8 - bought on ebay - who was waiting for a complete restoration: the scales are bent and have bug bites, the blade has pitting, tarnish, dirt and water marks (see pics below); the blade was touching the scales at the head... not in a really bad state, but she needed to be taken care of...

Drilled the pivot pin, removed the scales, got to the Dremel (yes, I was VERY careful not to break or overheat the blade) and healed the blade... it is not a mirror finish, but almost...

Now, I just need to find some new scales... I have one set of Dovo Micarta spare scales... but maybe, if I am able to find some nice wood in Geneva - or at least in Europe - I will try to make new scales myself...

And now, the razor porn:

Good polishing job. Like the blade. Try it with the scales, it is not so difficult.

Really nice polish with the dremmel, could you elaborate on what buffs/ discs / polishes that you used??? Looks like it came out very smooth..... Which to me, means that you have a very steady hand, good job !!!!

I followed this process: first I hand sanded the tang around the pivot pin with 800 then 1000 grit sandpaper to remove the rust; I did then a first cleaning with Maas by hand to see the extend of the damages: the razor wasn't in a too bad state and didn't need a complete sanding.

So I first cleaned the notched finger places with the Carbon Steel brush (428).

Then I used the Felt polishing wheel (414) to clean the razor. I applied Maas generously all over the razor and buffed it. I needed two polishing wheels to do the job and five passes on each side. I used very light pressure not to overheat or cut into the blade, or remove the etching. To avoid the risk of cutting the blade I used a piece of wood as bench and kept the blade flat on it, sanding from head to shoulder, not spine to edge.

To finish, I cleaned the blade with my usual soap for cleaning my dishes and very hot water.

I don't know if this is kosher, but it worked.

Looks great....Best Regards gary

Nice job!.........it should serve you well.

Ronnie