Thread: Rust on razor

In short...

Lol. Problem is you don't know your limitations until you exceed them.

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Originally Posted by Raulski

Lol. Problem is you don't know your limitations until you exceed them.

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Exactly..!!
You crawl, you stand, you walk, you run.
Everything is a learning process, and it takes time, and patience. We'll help you on your journey in restoration information, but its up to you on what results your looking for. What a acceptable finish for the blade chosen is, depends on being able to understand the limitations of the grind of the blade, and weather its worth just a good cleaning, or total restoration.

A clean shiny blade does look ascetically beautiful, but doesn't mean its going to shave that way.

Here's one that was covered in rust that I cleaned up, and honed. Its full of deep pits and black rust, but it cleaned up nice and shaves beautifully. A simple cleanup at least. Cut the rust with a SE blade, steel wool/ oil, metal polish.

The only reason I even decided to buy this razor was, it had not been used but maybe a few times and no visible wear on the spine. Just neglected..!!

a little 0000 steel wool, WD40, and MAAS, and you'll be fine IMO. Get all the rust off. You'll be left with some patina, but that's about it. More difficult to get between the scales obviously. I'd unpin that razor at the hinge, and get it all off. But that's a bit more involved than you might want to do. I've jumped in to this hobby and don't let much scare me. Of course, I wouldn't purchase a razor that I don't think can't be brought back to shave ready, so restoration begins at purchase as others have mentioned.

Good luck, and have fun!