Thread: Tiny Blemishes on Blade

Originally Posted by JohnnyCanuck

It's a Dovo Black Ebony Bismarck 6/8...it might be moisture trapped under the oil which makes it splotch and dry out leaving dark streaks that are somewhat sticky the next day. I will definitely post pics later though, right now I'm on my phone.

Is there a chance that the blade is touching the scales? I've just started with a Dovo that has the ebony scales. When I slide a cloth between the scales to pick up any moisture, it comes out blackened. Seems like some wood stain left over from manufacture and is less each time. The first time it was very black and had what seemed to be bits of sawdust. Not sure but oil might pick it up too (I've opted not to oil my stainless blade for now so I don't know). Anyway you might want to slide some paper or cloth through the scales to see how that does.

+1 to that, I am sure the razors are wiped down at the factory, but doubtful of complete scrubbing, so sawdust mixed with a bit of stain and a slightly off pivot could very well be the problem...That a way to use the ol' noggin.

That's totally it! The blade doesn't actually touch the scales but the first week I did run a towel through the scales and it came out black. I did this to get rid of all moisture. And very near the spine, where I assume the blade touches the scales a bit , there are prominent dark lines running horizontal to the spine. Again, I will provide pictures in a few hours.

Here are some terrible quality photos. I just realized taking a picture of a shiny steel blade is not as easy as it seems, and I have no idea why my phone camera took the photos with the horizontal flicker, as if I was taking a picture of a tv screen.





What you can't see are the tiny blemishes that are apparently visible only with the eye but the biggest darkest ones showed up a little bit parallel to the spine. I did look at the scales and they DO touch the blade when fully closed - is this bad? However, they touch them lower than where the dark lines are on the blade... about 1/8 inch away.

The other blemishes are a little lighter and are all over the blade, spread out as if the oil dried. This I believe is because how you guys mentioned there might have been moisture trapped on the blade when I coated it with oil and it dried out a bit, leaving streaks and splotches.