Originally Posted by
bouschie
I think you should be able to clean it up with real fine emery cloth or steel wool and then polish with metal polish. I would put a drop of oil on the pivot point. After shaving and drying with a tissue give it about 8 passes on each side of the blade on the strop. Store in a place where the blade is not enclosed and can breath. I do this and have never had a rust problem or a problem with waterspots on the blade.