I thought I would pass along an alternative to the standard sanding and buffing route in regards to razor restoration. After Baxters of CA introduced their limited edition blued steel Hart razor http://www.baxterofcalifornia.com/baxte ... ight-razor I got interested in doing the same with some older razors I had laying around. I didn't want to spend over a hundred bucks for 10lb of bluing salts. I found the following recipe http://forum1.aimoo.com/cast___boolits_ ... 60258.html and the results were great. I highly recommend it to any one else who is interested. Obvious notes of caution, you are dealing with Lye at a temperature of 280F it should absolutely be done outside! I used a #5 tin can and a turkey fryer with the blades mostly submerged for ~20 minutes. I also needed a cheap razor stand for the ~ 20 straight razors. I used some oak 1 x 2 Lowes and ripped in half to 3/4 x 3/4, along with some leftover zebra-wood for gussets and 6 gauge grounding rod for pins I think it turned out very respectably. Thanks to everyone who post on here, without the massive amount of info I couldn't pulled this off.
