Thread: Is this razor Honable?

Hey there guys just for some input on this razor, I've been trying to put a bevel on it and it seems quite brittle, here's some pics










Its got black staining and I'm starting to think its corroded all the way through. Any help would be greatly appreciated

cheers Alex

The third photo shows that you are still in bad steel. You're going to have to hone farther to get past that corrosion.

I have a feeling that it would be...may have to get past the rust, but should be fine. Add a layer of tape to the spine and hone it a bit more and then look at the bevel under magnification.

Patience my dear friend...

If you're not getting it clean as fast as you'd like and are starting to wonder if it's worth the bother, take it directly to a bevel setter and see if you expose good steel at the bevel. If you do, I'd continue, if not… oh well.

Edit. Ignore me. Misread your post.

Looks to me like a victim of cell rot. If so it depends on how deep the corrosion goes and whether it is into the bevel area. All you can do is try setting the bevel and getting to good solid steel. If it is too far gone you will begin to have 'swiss cheese' holes as you hone into the spots that are corroded through.

Thanks for all the replies, my friend gave me a loan of his new 220 grit Norton (The fool! its mine now!), so I think I'll hone it down on that until I can find good steel as every Gotta seems to be superb shavers, it would be a shame if it was beyond repair.

@JimmyHAD, the scales are practically spotless, I don't think its cell rot but I could be mistaken... its Gotta scales that are on it, unless they've been replaced sometime in the past.


I'll post back when I make some progress. Thanks again, Alex

I'll be interested to hear how this one turns out. The rusting looks like it covers the entire blade from the edge up. Most times, it is really hard without removing half the razor to get to a place where the rusting is not that deep and into the eventual edge. I think this one would have been in the circular file long ago for me.

Good luck,

Lynn

It may be an excercise in futility. Sometimes a Tam o Shanter is helpful when a blade is brittle. Not sure about yours though, your going to have to experiment a bit more....

Looking at the second pic, you also have another problem starting to develop, see that sharp point that is becoming a heel???? that is going to get worse as you hone farther into the belly,,, That has to be taken back and re-contoured

Wait, where is one of those guys that says honing is easy, when you need them

@gssixgun: Thats just the picture making the heel look worse somehow, I don't know how but it looks like a guillotine compared to what I'm holding in my hand right now.

I think I need to go back and look at your vids again...