Need some help, minor corrosion.

I just recieved the dubl duck goldedge I won of ebay a bit ago. And, aside from some minor corrosion here and there, it seems to be in quite good condition.

The shank still has some of the blue inlayed text as well as the gold plating. However, there was some minor surface rusting around the pivot, but I managed to remove most of it with some steel wool. As far as the blade goes, except for the small corrodid spots, it otherwise still has the good bright polish.

I was wondering what, if anything, may be done to remove the corrosion without damaging the gold plating or the polish. You can checkout pictures I took at http://lordsofquake.net/goldedge/ for more detail.

Thanx

The gold plating will come off way to easy with metal polish. I would only concentrate on the blade and leave the shank as is.

Glen

The corrosion (rust/tarnish) can be polished off but you will get the pitting that is left behind.

Nothing but sanding will remove the pitting. You can polish it but that won'd do much but round off some of the edge but will not make it disappear.

Nothing can be done to preserve the gold plating either. Just polishing will remove it, it is a very thin layer.

I would say get the rust off and forget about the gold. Rust promotes more rust. It is porous and traps watter.

I would remove the blade and get all the rust cleaned off around the pivot and in the pivot hole and repin the blade. I would not worry about the gold. You can always replate the gold if you really wanted to.

So unless you want to let it rust away it is better to loose the gold than rust the razor.

alright, thanks for the info.

If I were to use sandpaper to remove all the corrosion, I'm guessing I'd have to go over the whole thing? Seeing as if I were just to smooth out the area's with the corrosion/staining that, no matter how hard I tried, I doubt I'd be able to leave the blade looking like it originally was, and would just make it look uneven.

Also, I hear flitz and maas are good polish's. vlad, seeing as you in canada as well, do you know of any canadian retailers where I could get some, or an equivilent polish?
And, I'm sure it's around somewhere, but do you guys have a link to a guide explaining how to properly remove the pins from scales?
I'll probably just clean up the razor so it doesn't corrode any more, and save the major restoration work for when I have more experience doing so.