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The first thing I'll do is see if I can get clean steel on the bevel. If that happens 3M it is. I'm fully prepared to loose the etch, it's pretty damaged already.

No, the color is part shadowing and part gunk. I hit it with some steel wool to get the big chunks off before putting it up and it's regular steel/black rust color.

Sorry if my pics aren't great....

This is the Joseph Elliot I picked up before I got lucky with the Elliot eagle razor, it just came in the mail later. It's a little rougher that I'd hoped, but the price was right.

It's a 13/16...