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Greg, thanks so much for this terrific explanation. This is blued steel all right. I guess this may have been a no-brainer for many guys here, but I don't have any knowledge or experience of...

Cool, Greg, I think this is exactly it. I really am very ignorant, I had heard of "blued" steel before but never knew what was being referred to. So presumably the previous owner of this razor had...

"Poor man's damascus" was a joke – it's definitely not wootz steel. It's just unusual, there's no rust or corrosion (the steel feels completely smooth to the hand), and it doesn't look like water...

One of my favorite old razors has a very unusual tarnish to it, nothing like the water spots or rust you usually find on ebay razors. Rather, it's a kind of an even, subtle, all-over tarnish like...