Thread: severe rust after 3 days

Originally Posted by gr4444

...This was in a motel so I don't know if the maid maybe splashed water on it while cleaning...

Hmm... This is what I was remembering when I postulated cleaning spray - I didn't remember that it had been put back in the case. I remember having some very light rust issues with leather cases when I first started out and they have sat unused in a drawer since then. Wet or damp steel against leather could be a real disaster for sure!

Originally Posted by sqzbxr

Hmm... This is what I was remembering when I postulated cleaning spray - I didn't remember that it had been put back in the case. I remember having some very light rust issues with leather cases when I first started out and they have sat unused in a drawer since then. Wet or damp steel against leather could be a real disaster for sure!

I missed the Hotel part.... OOOOPS

My vote goes for cleaning spray.

I just read this whole thread, then went back to look at the razor again & to me it looks like something was sprayed on or near it. If you look at the tang, there is a straight line of rust like it got there with the blade closed. I would say the same thing Tom said but why would it look like that & not be rusty all over?
Who knows, she may have been snooping while cleaning!

By chance do you know what kind of leather the case is.You see this a lot on carbon steel knives when the wrong leather is used .Vegetable tanned leather is the only leather that should be used.I've seen folks make a sheath out of chrome tanned or garment leather and the chemicals used reacte with the moisture in the air and create corrosive film that's extremely hard on carbon steel,I've seen it eat up a well oiled blade.

That would be my guess too. The rust pattern seems to be in the exposed areas.

Ditch the leather case . I would not send it to the same guy that sold it to you if they also sold you that case with it.