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.

I had a carbon steel blade and had rust start on it.

Looks like a little of both. I use a bit of tissue to polish the blade dry/remove water marks (mind your fingers), I swipe it down from tang to tip, wrapping the tissue over from the spine and keeping fingers shy of the edge. Then I fold it over the edge and using gentle pressure and reverse the blade out of the fold. I do it several times working along the entire edge. I don't know if that's the right thing to do, but it works for me in keeping the blade clean, dry and free of water marks.
As for what looks like rust on the edge, try stropping to see if it will get rid of it. Otherwise you might have to give it a light hone.


Mick

I do not store my blades in the boxes, they trap any humidity. I do not know if this is the case with your razor. Maas should have done the trick.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

I do not store my blades in the boxes, they trap any humidity. I do not know if this is the case with your razor. Maas should have done the trick.

Thats what I was thinking after looking at MAAS's website. I have only ever used simichrome as I've only been using straight razors 3-4 yrs & wasn't aware of this site & the info/knowledge here.

I doubt a q-tip will have much polishing force. It may require a bit more elbow grease!

Simichrome and Maas are pretty much the same thing, I would try again using a different applicator other than the Qtip.