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    I'm just happy,,,,want to share this with you. Hope i'm patient until this arrives .



    I present to you.. Mr reynolds (not burt).Horn scales,, 7/8.. what should i do about the water spots??
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    Try some Maas, but I have a feeling she'd need sanding to get those stains out. I hope that pitting by the edge isn't problematic, but I fear it will be...

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    When you get it try setting the bevel and see if the pitting is going to give you a swiss cheese edge before you invest a lot of time in sanding the spots. If it was mine, once I found the pitting at the bevel didn't go far and I could get to good steel, I would just Semichrome it with a paper towel and live with the spots.
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    the seller confirms it to be water spots and not rust

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    Quote Originally Posted by ri7ani View Post
    the seller confirms it to be water spots and not rust
    Cool try the Maas or whatever metal polish on a paper towel. Personally I just don't have the patience and fortitude to hand sand of hours and would rather live with a bit of patina. YMMV.
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    Semichrome it with a paper towel??????? you mean polishing???

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    Semichrome, Maas, Flitz... if the spots are a little stubborn, try just a dab of one of these polishes with a little piece of #2500 wet/dry sandpaper. It will give you a good idea where you stand without much time, effort, or destruction.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ri7ani View Post
    the seller confirms it to be water spots and not rust
    If you define rust as red stuff, no, clearly there is none. But clearly there is staining and pitting. Pitting is where corrosion ate away at the metal; it can usually be found under rust. Perhaps there was once rust on that blade, or perhaps something else caused the pitting.

    Rust, if it is present, is easy to get rid of; it can be scraped right off or removed with some metal polish. It's the pitting underneath that is the real problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by holli4pirating View Post
    If you define rust as red stuff, no, clearly there is none. But clearly there is staining and pitting. Pitting is where corrosion ate away at the metal; it can usually be found under rust. Perhaps there was once rust on that blade, or perhaps something else caused the pitting.

    Rust, if it is present, is easy to get rid of; it can be scraped right off or removed with some metal polish. It's the pitting underneath that is the real problem.
    Dylan -- did you want to leap in and spend a few days honing that one?
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    Nice looking razor.

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