I've only been at this game a couple of weeks. This morning (Sunday) I discovered that my idiot house cleaner had soaked my (two-week old) ebony-handled Dovo. For all I know it had been sitting like that for three or four days, at the very least since Friday. Black marks/watery-looking stains all over the blade. Seems possible (though difficult) to scratch some of it off with a finger nail, near the spine where I don't mind applying pressure with my fingers. But no idea if it's possible to get rid of the rest. Is it gunk from the ebony? Rust? or what? So I'm begging for advice from the more initiate on two questions:

(1) Is it still usable? If so, how can I (or someone else) clean it up?
(2) Should I fire the cleaning lady?

V grateful for any wisdom...