Case Tumbler for Polishing Blades

**Old Man Army** · 08-11-2011, 05:59 PM

Has anyone ever used a case tumbler, like they use for cleaning brass cases for reloading, to clean razor blades? I kind of like the idea of being able to turn it on and not worry about flying razor blades and buffing wheels.

**johnmrson** · 08-11-2011, 06:02 PM

Quite a few people do. I looked at one a little while ago when I started to clean up blades but in my situation, a buffer was a better option.

**Kentos** · 08-11-2011, 09:13 PM

Would that round over all the sharp corners of the blade? Or is it gentle enough to avoid it?

**Old Man Army** · 08-12-2011, 11:19 AM

It doesn't remove brass when cleaning cases. Since brass is softer than steel, I assume it wouldn't be bad for that either. I plan to use hand sanding to remove any rust and then polish it with the tumbler. You use either crushed walnut shells or uncooked rice.

**John C** · 08-12-2011, 02:15 PM

vibratory tumblers are an excellent way to help clean blades. There was an extensive discussion about them a while back on one of the other straight razor forums.
do a search for tumblers and straight razors and i'm sure you'll find it.

cheers!

**superbleu** · 08-12-2011, 02:26 PM

+1 to John C's post above.

They won't do miracles. and are really slow, but low effort and if you start with a half way decent looking blade it will shine it up pretty good.

true01 · 08-12-2011, 05:51 PM

Gssixgun over at srp did a nice tutorial on the subject. I cant find it or i would post a link

**DogHair** · 08-23-2011, 09:17 PM

I like the tumbler for light cleaning & polishing. Buffer for more serious stuff.

**Tescot** · 05-26-2012, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by true01

Gssixgun over at srp did a nice tutorial on the subject. I cant find it or i would post a link

http://straightrazorplace.com/worksh...tation-35.html

This is the last page and GSSixGun has a review of the method... Just picked up a tumbler today to give this a try!