Thread: Rusty eBay Heljestrand - look and comment please! (how to clean)

Restoration wizards and journeymen,

I bought this razor on eBay and it has arrived with a blanket of light rust-dust and two or three darker spots. I took these photos before I spent about 5 minutes accidentally breaking the scales off trying to remove the pivot pin and sanding the blade with 600 grit paper. The edge is straight and consistently jagged.

I have two questions:

Do you think a 1000 grit norton will be coarse enough to reset the bevel or would it be a waste of time (aside from the learning experience of course)

Do you think the rust can be banished from the blade for good, or do you think it's doomed to be rusty without permanently and drastically altering the blade?

I'll take another photo or two later of what it looks like since I destroyed the scales (which looked pretty scary) and sanded the blade. I like this thumbnail feature.