Hi, Thanks for the reply,

I remove the excess oil from the blade just with some paper tissues, there has been so much oil dripping off the blade I just give it a bit of a wipe down leaving a thinner coat and store the razor in top of one of my cupboards were it is dry and away from moisture such as the bathroom.

I recoated and polished my razor with clear mineral oil today and left it on some paper tissues opened out and on a windowsill in the sun (not a hot day this side of the hemisphere this time of year, just in the sunlight) with a good layer of oil and when I checked it in several hours after sunset it looked so much better. I rubbed the clear oil away and continued rubbing to polish it up and so I could clearly see in what condition it was and it looked good and I thought the sunlight must have broken down any foreign matter. I shaved with it and dried it well on paper tissues and I thought it looked really good as it was so shinny and reflective with all my buffing.

However as soon as I held it under a bright light it is in exactly the same condition as per my photos.

Hmmm maybe the trick is not to hold it under a bright light source and I can kid myself it looks fantastic.