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Sure the chemicals are dangerous... I accidentally breathed the tiniest bit of HCl and my throat burned and a was coughing for a while... but if you're extra careful nothing will come of it. :tu

I see now. The boiling halts it so you're free to work on it without the rust running away from you... that would explain my problems with the rust getting out of hand. I have a nice razor with...

When I asked Mike about this he said it could possibly worsen pits because they're a nice easy place for rust to form. Which I can see... its like taking rust corrosion that was there and worsening...

Rust bluing is always black because iron has two oxides: red and black. Rust is red, this converted rust is black. The purplish blue comes from chemical bluing which can be one of two things. A...

I dunno how deep it is, but it certainly is durable as it is holding up against the Maas I tested on it. And yeah, its not all the way through cus it's only a slight oxidized layer on the surface. It...

Right I'll edit that. I did in fact degrease first with ample amounts of brake cleaner, then acetone. Only handled the blade with gloves.

You might be right about the order. From what I read and...

First off, I want to try a couple more razors myself to get the technique down because honestly I love the rough shod look, but others may not, and the pitting may swiss cheese on me, I have to scale...

According to Mike Blue it shouldn't change the steel at all, its just a patina (albeit a very durable tick patina that is part of the steel itself). From my initial observations, it will pit the...

BLACK!!!! AWESOME!

RUSTED OMG OH NO!!!!

Soooooo.... a little while back I got a Special #1 off the bay for miraculously less than $20 or something.. When I got it the blade was fine, hone wear straight and even, bevel didn't have chips or...