Search:

wbeedle,

I just sent you a PM. Yes, I'd try to clean out the gunk near the pivot. You can use Flitz or Maas polish and some dental floss (the ribbon-shaped stuff would probably work best) to get...

Hi Wbeedle, and welcome to SRP!

About your rusting pivot, I just rinse my razors in very hot water, the whole blade and a little of the shank, but not the scales. That gets the metal hot enough...