I recently landed this W&B from our favorite auction site.
I knew it had some rust, even alot of rust but man it came with a TON of rust.
An overnight soaking in CLR got the surface stuff but there was some hardcore oxidation on this blade.
Sanding and/or buffers (which I don't have) were not going to really work in this case. There was so much rust to get thru that it would have altered the shape of the razor for the worse.
I figured I'd give electrolysis a try.
Not long ago, I had good luck with an absolutely filthy/rusty/crappy cast iron that came out good as knew. And the same thing happened here. I can't really explain the why's of the electrolysis process but it just blasted out the rust and other gunk - completely.
All that's left behind is bare metal, granted quite pitted. More on that later.
And here she is. There was so much pitting I was worried it wouldn't take an edge. I got lucky.
OK, I know some of you are choking that I put the same scales back on but it just don't seem right to put a fancy dress on this homely blade. Maybe later but for now I kinda like them.
Oh and all that pitting poses a problem while stropping - it is going to scratch the he11 outta my strop. Luckily I had an old piece of leather to use as it isn't going near my Kanayama. I think I'll try stropping with a piece of tape.
I knew it had some rust, even alot of rust but man it came with a TON of rust.
An overnight soaking in CLR got the surface stuff but there was some hardcore oxidation on this blade.
Sanding and/or buffers (which I don't have) were not going to really work in this case. There was so much rust to get thru that it would have altered the shape of the razor for the worse.
I figured I'd give electrolysis a try.
Not long ago, I had good luck with an absolutely filthy/rusty/crappy cast iron that came out good as knew. And the same thing happened here. I can't really explain the why's of the electrolysis process but it just blasted out the rust and other gunk - completely.
All that's left behind is bare metal, granted quite pitted. More on that later.
And here she is. There was so much pitting I was worried it wouldn't take an edge. I got lucky.
OK, I know some of you are choking that I put the same scales back on but it just don't seem right to put a fancy dress on this homely blade. Maybe later but for now I kinda like them.
Oh and all that pitting poses a problem while stropping - it is going to scratch the he11 outta my strop. Luckily I had an old piece of leather to use as it isn't going near my Kanayama. I think I'll try stropping with a piece of tape.
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