Being fond of US steel, I bought an Ontario w/ nice bolster. Crud was on it, but no active rust. When I sanded & cleaned up the pitting was WAY worse than I'd hoped. I thought I'd hone it for the practice, being a noob. I've shaved w/ it 4x now, and even though there are pits in the bevel it shaves dang well. The pits include vertical etches that mean even further metal removal will not eliminate chips in the bevel - and yet it shaves well. I thought that wasn't possible, or I'm too inexperienced to detect the flaws in the shave - but it's not bad at all.