Hey all, I’m looking for some light restoration/fixing advice. Last week was more humid than usual and I left my razor in the bathroom. I only need to shave every few days so by the time I got back to it there was a light layer of rust on it. No pitting or anything, just surface rust from a few days.

I used a polishing cloth that I have for my stainless firearms and cleaned it up pretty well. After that I took it to the strop for about 70 passes. The problem is that the cutting edge is not cutting well. I believe there might is some rust on that edge that I just can’t get.

So what are my options here? I do not have any sharpening stones but since I have been using a straight razor for almost two years now I was thinking about getting some. I had it sharpened in December. Do I need to do a touch up on it with some stones or something like chromium oxide on the linen side of my strop?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


Justin