Thread: please help! is this rust?

So, I am the proud new owner of a beautiful dovo special 6/8. I live in the midwest, where it is really humid. I shaved with my new dovo 1 time, used a sponge to wipe it during the shave instead of water, rinsed it with hot water after my shave, wiped it dry, used 70% isopropyl 2x letting it evaporate to be sure it was completely dry. Then I rubbed baby oil all over the blade and stored it in my room (not in the bathroom) in a SRD sheath. Here is a picture of my new razor....is this rust??? water marks? This is pretty frustrating. I even tried a Q tip with some MAAS and the marks did not come off.