Thread: Trouble with first straight....

My story starts with a lovely Badger and Blade Le Grelot LE. I had it honed up by Joel and it came with a good bevel on it. However, it wasnt quite up to par with my feather. I know its not fair but it was pulling quite a bit more so I figured it wasnt right. I was told to hit the strop 100 on the linen and 100 on the leather. Smoothed out a bit.

Then, this morning I woke up and found to my horror surface rust on my first and brand new razor. I tried MAAS polish which was little help. So here I am with a brand new razor, light rust and no sharpening supplies.

If anyone can help me with where to get green paste and/or where to send it to get the rust removed Id be forever grateful. Ive wanted a straight since I was 12 and dont wanna use anything else. Thanks!

surface rust... may i suggest you find a different lace to store it. and you might want to try an pencil eraser on it to see if it helps with the rust.. the edge... you need to send that to a honemeister.

Gotta agree with Jim here, either you didn't dry it, and leave it open after shaving to dry, or ya got a serious humidity problem.....
That's the easy part, getting one day rust off, the hard part, is correcting the blade edge, yer going to mess up the edge if ya already didn't by taking the rust off...
Then after, I read that thread about those razors, and how they were honed, I am totally confused there....
Seems as though some just got paste and go, others got a 30k Shapton or a Japanese polisher and go, yet others started at a 325 grit stone and 3 layers of tape on the spine....
Figuring out which yers is will take some time, and work...
Probably the best thing to do is start from scratch and reset a normal bevel, then re-hone from there, or send it back to the source after you get the rust off and ask for help....
I would recommend that if you send it to somebody else, that they read that thread, and get an idea of what they might be taking on....

Always dry your razor adfter use. I strop mine on a dry towel lightly. and then give it a few gentle laps on the leather strop.

To remove your one day rust, perhaps try stropping on some newspaper? Alot.

And I don't think your straight will ever be as smooth as a Feather blade. The Feathers are disposable, and come from the factory with a whizbang super teflon PTFE coating on the edge that make it glide like no tomorrow.

Your razor needs rehoning and cleaning. There's a forum called the Workshop. You'll find many posts of guys who restored razor either for others or themselves. Just PM one or two of them and see what they can do for you.
Although never as sharp as a Feather, a sharp razor will not pull well prepared whiskers.

It happens, especially to newbies. I had a nice filly that I loaned out. the borrower shaved with it and put it back in the plastic box wet. What a bummer. So much rust after 2 days.

Use some MAAS on it and then send it back to Joel.

In future, here is how to stop it:

1. Rinse it in hot water and then blot dry with a cotton cloth.
2. Let it sit away from the water while you rinse out your cup and brush, and splash on your aftershave.
3. Now put a few drops of sewing machine oil on it and rub the oil all over the blade.

Sewing machine oil is the best thing to use because it doesn't harden, has no water, is made for lubricating and protecting metal and plastic parts, so it won't harm the scales.

It is also extremely cheap and easily available.

Originally Posted by toolarts

It happens, especially to newbies. I had a nice filly that I loaned out. the borrower shaved with it and put it back in the plastic box wet. What a bummer. So much rust after 2 days.

Use some MAAS on it and then send it back to Joel.

In future, here is how to stop it:

1. Rinse it in hot water and then blot dry with a cotton cloth.
2. Let it sit away from the water while you rinse out your cup and brush, and splash on your aftershave.
3. Now put a few drops of sewing machine oil on it and rub the oil all over the blade.

Sewing machine oil is the best thing to use because it doesn't harden, has no water, is made for lubricating and protecting metal and plastic parts, so it won't harm the scales.

It is also extremely cheap and easily available.

I already got a tube of MAAS for the rust. Worked well but there is still discoloration in the blade.

Overall, I feel like such a newb at this. And I think I am gonna PM Joel tonight. I feel like such a bother after all he does for B&B. I just wanna get my razor shaving and shiney.