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Hi, folks I would like to show you and ask your views on a few things regarding my first restoration project of a straight razor, well lets first start with the razor, a Sheffield Kropp 5/8 razor, when I got the razor along with a few other straights it was looking pretty poor, pitting rust plus stains everything you would expect from a 70 or 80 year old unused unloved razor, the scales were also of no use, it was so bad I really didn't ecpect it to come out looking so good, I started with 200 wet & dry, moved up 400, 600, then well used 800 with my own mix which i use for my knives, WD40 mixed with brasso metal polish and 800 wet and dry paper, finally a day later off to my power drill with a buffer attchment and buffing paste, she was begining to look quite attractive, finished the polishing, thank god for that. a few of you know i'm a custom knife collector so sharp things and knife sharpening are something iv'e always done but never on a straight razor, anyway I didn't have that grade of fine stones you need to put that kind of edge on a blade, so I invested in two stones first a 1000, 6000 combo King stone, plus a 8000 King stone, this is where I really enjoyed myself.
This was a lot easier than I expected, must be my years as a Carpenter and knife collector comming together sharpening chisels and knives, I know most of you take your razors further than a 8000 stone, but I didn't want to lay out on three stones in one go, they are not cheap, and I will probably have to eventually get myself a 10,000 or a 12,000 stone, but what I will say after a few passes on the 1000 the straight onto the 6000, then onto the 8000, then I could see this thing was sharp, prepped one side of my cheek it was like a hot knife going through butter, result, well now on to the second question, I have a set of pins I purchased them from the invisible edge, would these be OK to use, I would like your advice on what scales do you think I should use. Please dont be shy, i'm thinking classic black, but I can easily be persuaded to change my mind, and where are the best place to buy them from. I Have seen them on the invisible edge web site, but are there any other suppliers in the UK?
Jamie.
This was a lot easier than I expected, must be my years as a Carpenter and knife collector comming together sharpening chisels and knives, I know most of you take your razors further than a 8000 stone, but I didn't want to lay out on three stones in one go, they are not cheap, and I will probably have to eventually get myself a 10,000 or a 12,000 stone, but what I will say after a few passes on the 1000 the straight onto the 6000, then onto the 8000, then I could see this thing was sharp, prepped one side of my cheek it was like a hot knife going through butter, result, well now on to the second question, I have a set of pins I purchased them from the invisible edge, would these be OK to use, I would like your advice on what scales do you think I should use. Please dont be shy, i'm thinking classic black, but I can easily be persuaded to change my mind, and where are the best place to buy them from. I Have seen them on the invisible edge web site, but are there any other suppliers in the UK?
Jamie.
