I have been honing 7 razors for free this past week and they all turned out fine, in my opinion, except for one. I am having trouble with the first Dovo that I have ever honed and I am hoping I can get some collective wisdom.

I have found under the microscope that the edge has numerous bubbles in the steel. That is, apparently when the forging was done there was residual air that remained in the steel so when I hone I reveal these bubbles at the edge with the result being the equivalent of pitting at the edge. I will be at work until late tonight so I cannot post photos until later this evening. This is a new, barely used razor. It is not pitting. Honing on the bevel reveals cross sections of these bubbles along the width of the bevel.

I'm thinking the owner would be better off exchanging since there is no reason to assume the bubbles will disappear deeper into the edge.

Has anyone seen anything like this in a new razor?