Thread: Removed Black Rust from Henckels Razor...

Well, mostly. Some of you might recall the thread that went off-topic and I posted about this Henckels razor. I was originally told it had patina on it, but Glen pointed out that it was actually black rust. He also mentioned this was more difficult to remove than regular brown rust. I sure found that out today. I decided to go to work on the razor and remove it. Not an easy task. I sanded it for quite a while. There was some brown rust around the pivot at the tang, and that came off like a breeze. This black stuff was just a pain in the ass, however. I must have went over it 5 separate times. This is the end result after polishing with Mothers:



Still some spots here and there, but overall not too bad. The engraving on the tang is much easier to read now.

Here is how the razor looked before:



And it looked worse than that before, believe it or not. Mothers polish took off majority of it.

I love Whipped Dog, and will still buy products and recommend newbies to buy from him (heck I have 3 old Sheffields on the way to him now to get honed), but I personally will not be buying another sight unseen. My OCD personality just will not allow me to own razors with rust on them. I think the sight unseen deal is important for newbies to ensure they get a razor that will be shave ready, but don't necessarily need something pretty to look at, especially to learn on. Now that I know a little bit about what to look for, I will be sticking to buying from eBay (where I got my Wade and Butcher), Craigslist (where my new 3 ones are coming from, thank god for being able to search all of craigslist at once, lol), and the Classifieds here (have yet to take advantage of unfortunately). I like this razor better now that the rust has been removed. Well, as much as I could remove anyway.