Restoring Vintage Sheep Shears
This weekend I learned some important lessons…
(1) If something is really deeply rusted, think twice about starting a restoration.
(2) If you decide to start, then start aggressively – use power tools – don’t dither about with rust converter.
(3) Once you’re back to bare metal, it’s rather enjoyable.
(4) If the rusty old thing belonged to your Dad, then it’s worth spending 3 weekend sessions on it.
I ended up using a wire brush, a scraper, rust converter, a wire wheel, a disk sander, an orbital sander, hand sanding, polisher wheel, buffing compound, and WD40.
I will probably never shear a sheep.
In fact I’m sure my father never sheared a sheep either.
There’s a possibility that he got them from his father… who coincidentally probably never sheared a sheep.
Ain’t the world an odd place?
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