I recently finished a restore on a nice little straight razor from Friedr. Baurmann & Söhne, Solingen (1880 to circa 1925). the 'Comfort' model—which I suppose was an appellation used to help distinguish between models of razors the company offered. Hollow-ground, square-point carbon steel blade; makers name and model number on the tang; as well as the word, "Comfort" in relief on the scales. I rounded the square tip a bit to make it all the more 'user friendly.' Some minor pitting near the spine on one side, but other wise, in pretty darned good shape for being 90+ years old. The blade itself took a very keen edge using the following honing progression: Chosera 1k > Norton 4k > Norton 8k > Escher finisher > ChromOx paddle > linen & leather strop. All packed up comfortably and soon to be on its way to fellow TSD member @Boojum1 !
'Ummm, you may have mistaken me for someone else. I go by the descriptor, "HoneScraper"...... LOL! ..and this:
Hey HolyRollah, I've got another sanding question for you. I see you've left some very minor pitting in the face of the blade. I'm currently working on a wedge that's going to have plenty of that. How do you get the black stuff out of those pits? Is this where sanding with WD-40 comes in handy?
Theres a point where you're NOT going to be able remove the VERY deep stuff. To do would require some serious metal removal. This razor has some pitting, but rather than impact the overall integrity of the blade by removing a ton of steel (not recommended), I chose to let some of the deeper pitting remain. They reside near the spine so there no impact on the edge. It adds 'character'—'crow's feet' after many years of service....
Nice! But, I thought "vacate" is the word. (dude, get your lyrics straight before you make a video. yeesh.)
