Should I sand this?

I just bought this blade for like 6 bucks. I wanted something to practice my honing with.
I kinda wanna clean it up a bit though.

I circled an area which looks brownish on the picture, but in person it looks black, almost like a smear. In fact the blade is covered in black spots in person but in the photo it looks just a bit dirty.
Looks much different in person actually, couldnt even see all those scratches.


Anyhow, in the 2nd pic it is pointing to another area I would like to clean up, the ridges have rust between them, whats a good way to clean that out?

Last question, is there a good way to search these forums? I cant figure it out. If I type "Clean rusty Razor" it brings up posts that have one of those words only. Like just the word razor alone which makes for a bunch of unwanted posts show up for me.


Thanks guys, I hope I can get this baby looking a bit better.

Oh, if its a shitty looking blade not worth cleaning, let me know please =P

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3...ecirclepr8.jpg

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/2...ngarrowyf6.jpg

I'd Maas that baby up then post another picture and see if it's still worth sanding. It might clean up enough with just maas. Good luck

I'm no restoring veteran but it looks more than restorable to me. Edge looks decently intact.

It looks like a great piece for restoration. Keep us informed

:HJ Just kidding. Quick question: Which MAAS product do you recommend? (polish cream, polish liquid, etc?)

Thank you!

MAAS would put a shine on it but not get to the pits. You would still show where the rust was as black or darker spots. A touch of chromium oxide on a buffing wheel would do more for the steel overall. Even Simichrome will cut more then MAAS. The lines where the blade rests on the scales will stay black and will only come out with removing some of the steel. For the jimps you can load them up with MAAS and use a muslin buffing wheel on a Dremel and you'll get most of the rust cleaned up. It will be hard to do a good job on the tang that is at the pivot hole. If you do this all by hand it will take a while if that is important. Often times it's better of just to do a MAAS cleanup and live with the spots, especially if the edge is in good shape. More razors get damaged in trying to spiffy them up then I care to think about.

As far as what MAAS to use, I use the paste as it is a little easier to control on a Dremel wheel and it will stay in place on the blade if you are cloth polishing. It is less likely to go somewhere I don't want it to go.

This razor went from this.

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...eyBNbefore.jpg

To this, Your's is in a lot better shape.

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...NAfterfrnt.jpg

Cool, looks like Im going to go buy some MAAS. We will see where it goes from there.