Thread: Silver Steel

I have 3 Razors from XIX century that are made in silver steel: a Rodgers stub tailed stamped "Cutler to His Majesty" (so it should be about 1830, right?) and two Joseph Elliots. All of them have the following problems:
- The steel is always clouded by some horrible greyish patina that I just seem unable to get rid of. It is casually spotted on the blade, nothing one would like.
- They lose their edge every time I use them, or almost.
- The edge has always dents. No matter how much I hone or strop it, there are very little chips every time. I can see them simply looking at the blade in front of a white paper. They are like the ones you can see on a normal edge put under the microscope, just are bigger. If I hone the blade, new chips appear while others go away.
- These razors show a tendency to diffuse pitting that I had not found in other types of steel blades from the same period, and their pitting is harder to clean also.

Now I wonder: did I have bad luck, or is there anybody else who noticed these problems? Is Silver Steel good or not?