Thread: Rust/ rust holes restoration

Hi All!

I am a beginner in the field. Bought a DOVO ASTRALE, and was having nice shaves with it, but I got the bad habit of keeping it inside the case it came. Bad Idea! The case held humidity and it started a little rust on the edge of the blade!

I went to a specialized shop,the guy sold me some PUMA METAL POLISH paste to polish it. It removed the rusty brown stains, but some very tiny rust holes are still there.

Here s a picture:


I have stropped it again to refine the cutting edge, and did well with the extremities of the blade, but the center part where rust predominated is giving me a hard time...it has no fine cut at all anymore.

I wonder if this is because of:
1. Bad stropping (I am a beginner, read a lot already and watched movies, but nothing replaces practice)
2. Rust holes prevent the blade from being well sharpened..so I have to remove then.. that the case, anyone would have an idea of what I should do??

Kind regards and thank you in advance!

Gustavo

Polish is an abrasive and will kill you edge dead dead dead. I would expect that the only option at this point is to have it honed. In theory the rust pits along the edge will get honed out and give you a fresh bevel. I have no idea where you are but there seems to be enough guys honing that someone should be within mailing distance.

Sounds like RezDog is spot on. I'd guess there is a good chance you killed the edge with the abrasive polish, and that the rust is only at the surface. Having it professionally honed is a good route to follow.

Good luck!

Thank you much friends. Makes sense! Though as I am a beginner, I decided to trust the guy from the shop...:/

I am from Brazil, live in São Paulo. There are not so many straight razor lovers here..the specializer shop was in France (I was travelling around)

Now, I suppose what you mean by "honing" includes the whole sharpening process: from early gritstone to leatherstrop...
I have a 1000 gritstone, a 6000 stone, and a leatherstrop with paste...

The idea would be taking to a pro so I do not damage any further, though I wanted to learn how to do these things myself.
Do you think I can do it myself with these gear I have??

You need at least an 8000 grit stone, Gusta.

Gustavo

What is your paste and what is the polish, is it abrasive or chemical?