Thread: My Gold Edge...Need Advice

Here are some pics of a Gold Edge I just bought ($20...Woo Hoo!). I am planning on sending it out for honing soon. As you can see, there is a bit of rust on the tang where some of the gold was. It seems very surface and is not even really evident to the touch. How would I go about polishing up the blade and removing this rust before I send it out to be honed? Maybe someone could provide a link to a good thread, sticky, or wiki. Thanks so much.

I would use some maas/MAG polish and hand polish a couple times and see where ur at, if there still is that surface rust maybe some 2000 grit sandpaper might work, if it doesnt u have to go down the progression to find which one will take the rust off, then go back up to remove the scratches. Also when using Maas u will lose that goldwash on the tang. thats a sweet find, and although i cant see the bevel too well to see if theres pits there it looks like a good shaver . Enjoy those ducks are awesome.

Agree'd...use Maas or polish n see where it goes..if nothing changes..send to Max or Lynn for their professional skills
I had my grandfather in law's that looked similar to yours and I needed to make it a complete restore..advantage here is..it will last you another 100+ years so long as you maintain it ;-)

pcdad

You could start with household ammonia or 409 and a toothbrush to try and preserve what little gold is left. If there are pits or rust staining that the mass doesn't remove you could go with 600,1000,1500 grit sandpaper followed by mass or chrome polish.
I have had good results on the DD scales with 1500 grit wet sanding and following that up with Meguiars Scratch X 2.0 it will take a while by hand the the results are worth it though.

It looks like there is quite a bit of rust on the very edge. You'll have to start honing and see whether its minor stuff or major which if it is will reqire a lot of work. As far as the other rust goes you can get some Cape Cod Polishing Cloths. They do a pretty good job and are a notch above the polishes in taking off minor rust.

Maas and a dremel should do

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

It looks like there is quite a bit of rust on the very edge. You'll have to start honing and see whether its minor stuff or major which if it is will reqire a lot of work. As far as the other rust goes you can get some Cape Cod Polishing Cloths. They do a pretty good job and are a notch above the polishes in taking off minor rust.

+1 Edge looks bad but all will be revealed on the hones.
Also if you're not familiar with the pitfalls of using a Dremel handsanding will be safer for you & the razor

I would try some MAAS first. if it doesn't do it, I would send it out to be done professionally. Max did my Goldedge and it was magic (it was in slightly better condition than your is...I think)

Here's a before picture:


Here's an after:

Man, that came out beautiful! I am leaning toward sending it out to someone to do. Max looks like the man. My picture is misleading I think. The edge of the blade looks pretty clean.

Being a newbie to this site, how would I get in touch with him?

Also, your scales seem to have more of a white appearance, and mine look more yellow. Were there variations?

Thanks so much for the replies everyone.

Originally Posted by filegumbo

Man, that came out beautiful! I am leaning toward sending it out to someone to do. Max looks like the man. My picture is misleading I think. The edge of the blade looks pretty clean.

Being a newbie to this site, how would I get in touch with him?

Also, your scales seem to have more of a white appearance, and mine look more yellow. Were there variations?

Thanks so much for the replies everyone.

Send him a PM (search for Maximilian).

Mine looked relatively yellow, but it comes out and yours will probably end up looking fairly new (or whiter). Talk to him and see what he suggests.