Thread: Will these two razors have a few good years left in them or are they garbage?

I bought a couple of old razors off of ebay. One German H. Boker and a J. Weiss, US made. They have been honed quite a bit and I was wondering if they have a few good years left in them or if I have a couple of old pieces of steel that will collect dust? No cracks nor chips and the blades are parallel to their spines. Here are a few picts of them.

you can clean them up and hone .will take time but they will be usable.
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scottad1,

+1 to hi_bud_gls' advice.

Whilst the hone wear is pronounced, they will still make fine shavers

I have a few razors in my collection like yours, and they cleaned up and shaved very well

My Weiss 9/16 is a lovely razor !

Good luck !

Have fun & a Merry Christmas !

Best regards

Russ

Based upon the hone wear pattern I would guess that they both have a "frown" profile shape on the edge that will need to be honed out. That will require some work. Clean up the blades/scales before you start honing, not after.

For your future reference try not to purchase blades with rust on the edge. The rust creates a "swiss cheese" in the steel that has to be honed out. Also try to avoid razors with excessive hone wear like the second razor. Honing out a frown can be very annoying.


Hope this helps,

Thanks for the heads up Randy! I did a light test on the blades. I held them up to my laptop screen with a white background and placed the edge square across a surface I know to be true and the round point has a smile and the spike point has a slight frown near the heel, making the blade appear to "wave". Going to be a long road for me, I am competent enough to hone till shaving sharp but my Ontario still burns me a bit. I don't own fine enough hones to get a successful HHT. Thanks again for the reply, its very appreciated.