[Bruno]

Welcome to the restoration forum.
This place is dedicated to everything related to restoring straight razors.
It is managed and maintained by JoshEarl and me (Bruno). If you have any remarks about this place, feel free to PM either one or both of us.

This thread is also meant to be an index of the information that should be easily acessible to all restorers.

If you want to add info to the index in this thread, start a new discussion so that anyone can have their say.
Start the thread title with 'sticky proposal' or something similar. If we haven't noticed it in time, the thread starter should send on of us a PM so that I can add it to this list.

We might clean up the conversation afterwards if that is needed, so please don't take offense if we delete duplicate posts / jokes or off topic discussion. The intention of starting threads that will be included in this list is to provide information as clear and useful as possible.

That way we'll have a useful and clean starting point where all useful info can be indexed, while still allowing everyone to have their say in the individual topics.

Discussions
Handsanding howto
Handsanding howto

Belt sanding
low budget grinder

Homemade Dremel sanding drums
New 1/2" sanding mandrel tutorial.

Tumbler cleaning a blade
New Idea??? Experimentation....

Making scale step by step
How I make scales...step by step

Epoxy resin finish, the how to
Epoxy resin finish, the how to

How do you pin scales?
How do you pin scales?

Adjustable pins
As requested... Adjustable Pins!

Polishing compounds: MAAS, FLITZ, ...
STICKY: MAAS, FLITZ and other Polishing compounds
Polish materials info

Sources of material

Pins, washers and screws
http://www.microfasteners.com If you want the wrench for the 1/16 nuts'n bolts, ask for part #WR0/ $4.50 in the comment field of your order.
http://www.smallparts.com
http://www.leevalley.com/
http://www.knifekits.com/vcom/index.php
http://customknives.com/r.b.johnson/
http://store.metalliferous.com/ for sterling silver rods and other things

External resources

Scale making tutorial
http://simianstats.com/monkey2/page1.htm

Bill Ellis' CD about razor restoration
http://www.billysblades.com/Straight%20Razor%20Book.htm

Happy restoration!
Bruno (Bruno) and Josh (JoshEarl)