So I got home from work and determined three things:

  1. I can't find my multimeter. I'll have to pick one up tomorrow.
  2. I don't have any steel with a higher than average iron content that is easily accessible.
  3. Copper is a natural antimicrobial and anti-fungal.


To those ends, rather than remove the plating, I'm going to attempt to plate the whole darn thing and see if I can get a smooth finish and perhaps, eventually, a good copper patina.

The razor's back in the cooker with fresh solution and an copper anode I sanded clean.

If, for some reason, I ever decide to try and shave with this, the plating will get honed off the bevel and the edge should come out just as sharp. Hopefully I can score a couple more blades in bad condition to continue experimenting with.

Thanks for everyone's inquiries, input and general interest thus far, I'll have more posts of the plating process later tonight or tomorrow morning.