Thread: Nothing like trying to talk up a Double Arrow but this is ridiculous.

I don't see what the issue is.

Hone wear looks minimal, the edge looks like it would just need a bevel set and then a pyramid honing to make it shave ready. Perhaps the vendor's fault was a lack of vocabulary and clarity but they are by their own admission a general purveyor of goods and does not claim to be a specialist in the goods sold. Based on some of the ebay items I have bought that needed chips removed, blade reshaping, serious rust removal etc... that razor looks like it just needs a simple honing to be shave ready. From a scale of 0% and needing serious work such as huge cracks, quantum-level blade warping, chips of death etc... and 100% - ready to shave with - 50% doesn't sound completely ludicrous in this case.

He might as well have written "Will require honing to make shave ready but that otherwise the blade is fine (Cosmetics ignored)" but perhaps he felt that a numerical representation would convey the condition better if somebody would wish to shave with it.

Looks like a pattern of cell rot to me on the mark side. Where does he get Tamahagane from ? Is that marked on the blade ? I didn't look that close, or is he trying to cash in on something he's seen draw big $ ?

I have a half shave ready blade, tends to happen when the heel is chipped half way off

I wondered where he got that from, Jimmy - certainly not from the mis-matched box!

That, really, is all I have against the listing - I would like proof of the steel used, not just someone's say-so. Otherwise, there's no big deal, like Christel says.

Regards,
Neil