Hi everyone, I am quite new to straight razor shaving/restoring, and there are sooooooo many questions I would like to ask, but I would be here typing all day,, and probably bore evrybody literally to death, so I will just ask one newbie question if thats alright, and hope somebody will be kind enough to give me some tips.
Well its simple really, I am a carpenter and have been restoring old tools for years,,, now lately razors aswell. I have no problem bringing a rusted pitted bit of steel back up to scratch, but the razors that have things etched onto the blade are another matter

I have a nice Joseph Rodgers 'The Celebrated HOLLOW GROUND' razor, and it is the first straight razor I ever purchased,, and I love it and shaved with it this morning... It is in quite good condition, well very good really,, virtually zero pitting but it does have water marks in spots on the back of blade, quite a lot on the spine and a few spots on the face side of the razor,,,
The blade etch is very clear and there are pretty much no water marks on the etch part,,, but if I was to go down the sanding at progressive grits road,,, I would want to do the entire blade, (not just work around the etched part) as It would otherwise turn out quite uneven,,, and crap frankly.
So my question/questions is this.... Will sanding over the etch (and cleaning it how I would normally clean a blade) rub it away?
If so then how do you guys go about cleaning a blade that has a nice blade etch that you would like to keep as is?

Any hints/tips would be greatly appreciated
The razor really is in great condition other then the water marks, and I have just left this razor as is, coz it was my first and besides I am not in the 'mirror polish for all razors' club, but when I shaved with him today,, I dont know if the water marks have got worse, (I doubt because I always clean and oil my razors after every use), or if it just bothered me more then usual because I am not in the best of moods today, (long story and a totally different subject lol),,, but anyway, for the first time today I looked at my beloved Rodgers razor,, and thaught,, hhhmmm,, maybe you could do with a little clean after all

sorry for the long text,,, Any advice wud be Great,, if you would like me to add some pics of the shaver in question, then I can do that,, will need to charge up my phone, but that needs doing anyway so.....

Thanks in advance guy,, (unless you all blank me up, in which case you are all Mean mean MEAN!! Took me ages to write this... If I wernt a man, It would be my time of the month lol.. Nothing is going right today