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stinks to buggery mind...defo not eau savage lol
Not sure where I went wrong then. When I first opened it up I thought I'd spilt pasta sauce over it while doing some half asleep 3am cooking, but transpires that was just the reddish brown rust gunk.I wipe my blade with a cotton cloth, strop half heartedly, leave razor unfolded to dry, never experienced water mark or rust.
No, I read somewhere not to do that. I just wipe it down with a damp kitchen towel, dry with a micro fibre cloth then strop it and back in the case. I thought I was doing the right things, but evidently not!
Strop after, rids the edge of water and minimises the risk of pitting a good edge. Even if it 'blunts' from sitting around, having water on it will only exacerbate the degradation.Just on the point of stropping AFTER shaving,
Surely it is better to strop a single blade just before use? The Carbon Steel edge would degrade quickly from sitting in the atmosphere before use?
Or do you strop again before use (and if so, isn't this needless wear on the blade?)
I don't use single edge razors, but i would not use a carbon steel DE blade if it had been left unwrapped for a period of time.
Just on the point of stropping AFTER shaving,
Surely it is better to strop a single blade just before use? The Carbon Steel edge would degrade quickly from sitting in the atmosphere before use?
Or do you strop again before use (and if so, isn't this needless wear on the blade?)
I don't use single edge razors, but i would not use a carbon steel DE blade if it had been left unwrapped for a period of time.
The corrosion has a definite tide mark that follows the scale outline with the blade closed. The corrosion is also clearly water marks, my conjecture; although the blade may be thoroughly dry there is moisture still inside the scales particularly around the pin of the tang.
What you describe post shave is correct, clean off the marks with some peek polish & after the shave run some dry tissue back/forth inside the scales including the portion behind the hinge pin, I rinse with hot water to get some heat into the blade and leave the razor open at 90 degrees after drying to let the warmth of the blade drive off any remaining moisture.
In summary the rust shown is a product of water (quite a lot actually)& air, so there is still more drying to do.
You're doing the hard bit fine, by all accounts a small extension to your routine & should be fine.