Thread: Who put that on my razor?!

Sometimes those tiny dark spots just develop in high carbon steels regardless of how careful one is to dry and oil the blade, because the carbides at the surface of the blade react strongly with oxygen in the air and water.

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

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The 65ml tin is more than enough to do a few hundred razors. I got the pre lim too but id say Maas is better.
PM me your address and I'll send you a sampler if you'd like.

Very kind of you..
I see now it is a polish..Mass I use for touch ups but at the end of a restoration I use Blue Magic recommended to me by Max, great stuff but my god it stinks
I've just ordered the 200ml off the bay. I wont use it on metal , I want it for wood really..

I have a PRC the first shave before finishing it spotted. Did this the first few times and now there are dark spots. I quit worrying about them. They will clean but I'm not doing that every shave.

I also use Tuf-Glide for protection against these spots. I have removed these before with a number 2 pencil and eraser. Rub the spot with the graphite and then erase. Works if the spot is not too bad.

If you decide to remove the spots- which I don't recommend because you are fighting a battle you can't win- be very careful around the edge as mentioned above. Not only can you cut yourself, but you can also kill the Edge super quickly and have to re-hone!

My blades get dark spots like that just from the shave. Even before the second pass has happened.
It is the hard water where I live, god knows what chemicals they have in there also.

Now n then I give them a rub with Mass and then oil them but it is some thing I have to live with or dry shave or use Evian .

After a shave I clean ,dry,air,strop my blades ..