Studio time: Polishing old tools

I never imagined that studio maintenance would become among my favorite activities. I inherited a bunch of well-loved tools from a retiring metalsmith. They were beautiful and obviously well-loved but needed a lot of TLC. It took all afternoon, but I’ve refinished and polished a bunch of them! I used my JoolTool, which made the job a lot easier than it could have been. I still have a bunch of tools to polish—some of which are below, but check out that riveting hammer. and then compare it with the finished product above.

Some tools waiting to be cleaned and polished