Thanks to all who replied. The razor actually came from a vendor in Germany, who was selling on the French Ebay site, go figure. It wasn't really cleaned up much; it looked like it had been sitting in a box in a drawer for a long time. No rust, no pitting, just years of patina. Flitz and a few qtips cleaned it up. I have a DMT325 and EZELap600 diamond stones, but try to avoid using them on razors unless I'm working out some edge chips. I have an old King1200 that I have not had much success with; perhaps I should dig it out of the garage and try again. I see Lynn has the Naniwa 1K SS for around $37 at SRD. I need to buy some soap in the near future, should I splurge? Or will the King do the job. It's not like I set a bevel every week...