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I think your right dave, the staining is very faint and quite honestly I'm more anxious to finally get a shave out of the damn thing then worry about some slight staining. Its going in the mail!!!...

Ok, so just polished it up and you guys are right its not blued steel. I didn't know what patina was, I thought it was the technical scientific term for pitting! Anyway, like you said it is a shiny...

Ya I'm pretty excited about it and I'll try that. I have MAAS and assume that'll do. Thanks Smythe!

Ya I'm still amazed at the condition its in. Production stopped on these I think 1920 or 25 and started 1890. Its very close to those dates, but other than just some minor spotting on the blade its...

Ya did a little stropping before the shave, maybe should have done a few more laps. I was worried about rounding the edge so I wanted to take it easy. Oh ya, hi bud on here actually already offered...

Just tried a shave test and it was terrible, painful tugging, and would not cut the hair at base. hi_bud_gl is gonna hone it up for me. I would rather send it to him so that I can be sure its me...

Will do. Thanks glen! I am also curious about his process, I think that will tell me if he knows what he is doing. I might give him a call, he made it sound like he deals with a lot of razors too....

No I did not. I actually just got it in the mail about two hours ago. Also I think i was just pm'd but my browser blocked it but its fixed now.

I sent my first razor out to be honed to a guy that was referred to me by the Art of Shaving, unfortunately I don't think it is ready to shave. I am not sure what to do here. I have tried the...