Thread: severe rust after 3 days

gr444 that razor is for sure fixable. Send it to a vendor and have them work it out.

Thanks Redcane ... much appreciated

Originally Posted by Redcane

gr444 that razor is for sure fixable. Send it to a vendor and have them work it out.

No worries. I know the horror of seeing something that expensive get messed up. Rest easy, its fixable.

I feel for your pain. You might want to check the storage box too for chemical fumes. Your rusting almost looks like some of my welding rods when they were too close to the muratic acid jug on my welding/soldering table.

I agree with those that don't think this looks like normal rusting.

I have a "Bona-Fide" John Wigfall & Co., Sheffield razor in dark horn scales that has almost the same areas of rust as yours does. The spine area and parts of the blade that were not in the scales was almost black and lots of small pits. The edge area is fine..... I'll be sanding the heck out of mine to at least remove most of dark areas. I've made a ton of progress. The pits will be there, but I can live with it. I'm hoping mine will be a good shaver.... I think it will be.

On a newer blade like your.....very baffling to say the least. How old is your razor? I'm guessing fairly new.

Oiling a blade before it is really dry will trap moisture and cause rusting too,, that is what it's a good idea to let it air dry before oiling for a few hours with the blade open. Or no oil at all, I don't oil any blade I use daily , only if put away for extended times and I haven't had rust issues, only in the beginning when I oiled every time I used it right after shaving. Here I. Memphis we are a high humidity area also and this works for me. But hey it could be someone sprayed your razor, maybe you should put it up where they can't get to it. Tc

I've never seen a new blade look like that, I would guess some chemical got on it.

I never oil my blades except for a few in long term storage. I rinse my blade in very hot water and wipe off, strop 10 laps on linen/leather and air dry with the blade open over night (or at least four hours).

From my experiences with cell rot, the part of the blade in the scales is rusted and the spine area is always pristine. This would be the exact opposite of an example of normal circumstances regarding cell rot. For this to happen in three days time is highly uncommon, even if water is the culprit. If it's a knockoff thiers issard, it's the first I've ever heard of. Leave the excess oil on the blade, wiping it off after applying it isn't going to help. Send it to me and I'll fix it up, PM for specifics.