BTW I'm always too much of a doofus to remember to take proper "before" pics, but that thing was just covered in active rust. The pic is of the razor after spending two afternoon sessions going at it with 220 w/d. I could probably do a third but I'm starting to wear down the etchings and frankly can't wait to get this thing on the stones, so I think tomorrow I'm gonna go get it polished up and see what kind of edge it takes.