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.

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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