Thread: My First Spot

I don't believe I have a spot on my month old razor.

I dry it well, (have a little ocd when it comes to these things) lightly oil it, and put it in a silicone sleeve everytime.

It looks like I am wasting my time if this is going to happen anyway.

Thoughts?

Also have a question about picture dimensions for uploads?

looks like it should polish off with some Mothers or Maas polish. hard to say how it happens when you are so careful. i like to use Renaissance wax on my razors haven't had any trouble and i don't use any other oils or silicone sleeves. you didn't mention what kind of environment you store it in, is it a humid place like a bathroom?

Sorry, forgot half bath..

Originally Posted by tintin

looks like it should polish off with some Mothers or Maas polish. hard to say how it happens when you are so careful. i like to use Renaissance wax on my razors haven't had any trouble and i don't use any other oils or silicone sleeves. you didn't mention what kind of environment you store it in, is it a humid place like a bathroom?

If you use a silicon sleeve you don't need oil. The oil will trap any moisture and prevent the sleeve from doing it's job. Nobody likes finding that first stain on a new or newly restored razor; but like your new car, eventually you get that first ding... You'll get over it, and still enjoy the razor for it's primary purpose.

Yep don't oil it and then put in the sleeve , but more importantly if your OCDabout it, leave it open for a few hours before putting it up to let it dry well, when you close the scales up on the razors, it could have been moisture in the scales that got it. Remember this is shaving, and wet shaving at that , it's going to happen, move on use some polish and clean it off if you want , just get get any near the edge or you,ll need to have it honed again. Tc

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Get water on or in the scales!!

I understand your pain. I'm (amongst other expensive addictions) a knife collector -- at least that's the excuse I give my wife. Most of my blades, which now includes razors are high carbon steel. Due to the high carbon content and lack of chromium or other rust resistant alloy metals, these types of blades are rust magnets. As long as you properly care for the steel and stay on top of it (which you clearly are) then it won't be a problem. I'm sure that you can easily buff that right off with a cotton cloth and just a touch of Maas or Mothers and keep in mind that you may have to do that from time to time on any high carbon steel blade. As long as you deal with rust early, it is easy to deal with. Running over the blade lightly with a silicon rag, a rag with a very little museum wax or a very small touch of oil works very well to protect against rust forming in the first place If you are using the SRD Sack-Ups razor sleeve, that's already got some oil and silicon in it, so just lightly wipe the blade with that before putting it in the sleeve. I would advise against storing un-oiled razors in un-oiled leather pouches for very long.

I have the sack-up sleeve. When I first started I was wiping with rag instead of water but was afraid I would dull the blade. I went to rinsing very carefully and drying what I thought was well but somehow must have oiled the water before putting in the sleeve.

Thanks for the input, better I got a spot then slamming it on the sink I guess. Knock on wood.

Will change up my strategy a bit using your ideas and stumble on....

How would I get the soap residue off the blade? it was streaking when I used dry cloth.

Rinse with hot water when you're finished shaving and then wipe dry with a clean cloth. I then follow with 15 laps on a linen strop and 20 laps on leather in order to ensure that the steel of the edge is absolutely clean of any shaving detritus. I then let it sit for a half hour before oiling and stowing in an ordinary cloth roll.