Thread: How can I get the "black steel" of my razor?

well, I dont have my camera today, sorry, but I believe its quite a common thing to happen. How would you start with cleaning it? It doesnt have rust or any thing else than the color, witch is dark grey/black.

It's hard to tell without a better description or pictures. Black coating could be a lot of things; tarnish, oxidation, spotting, devil's spit. Each require different levels of abrasive to remove ranging from a metal polish (very light, polishing abrasive) to sanding or greaseless compounds (more aggressive). I would start by trying some maas on it and rubbing it down until an application of polish and cloth doesn't turn the cloth black. Then you know you've gone as far as you can with the polish. This is just a shot in the dark since I don't know what the "black coating" is without pictures.