Trey,

You are so right. I have a couple that I'm not sure if I can get them to be truely "shave ready" or not due to where the pitting took place...the edge. I bought several at a antique store thinking that I could bring them back to life. Sure I have them looking good, but that's like having a Corvette sans motor. Rust can be quite deceptive on how deep it goes & you just don't know until you clean it up. I personally enjoy restoring SR's, so I take the good with the bad if I make a poor choice.

For a newer person wanting a true "shave ready" razor, the classifieds are a great place to go...Ebay is just "potluck" at best unless you are buying from a few choice sellers. I was recently fooled by a Ebay seller on a real clean looking razor only to find that they had polished the dickins out of it...edge too. It took over an hour on coarse stones to take out enough material to have a good straight edge.