Thread: Is this blade salvageable?

Took my wostenholm sheffield frameback to work today and had a peek under the microscope. The blade has all kind of pock marks and pitting, some of which manifest themselves in the edge.

See the picture, probably that hole in the edge is simply a pit in the metal that got ground down and now it's a gap in the edge.

With this in mind, do you think I'll be able to get this razor shave-able? I'm new at all of this, but I'm a relatively quick learner and good with my hands. I fear that I'll get past this edge with some honing only to find more problems with the next set of pits. You can see in the picture that there are all kinda of pits in the surface of the metal.

Thanks!
Geoff

i think it is.... *(but what do i know)

A few overall pics of the razor, to give us an idea of size and blade thickness and geometry would give a better chance of getting a more accurate picture of the patient's prognosis Because the pic you are showing now doesn't look very promising

To answer the question better we need to know what the grind is. If there is enough metal to remove then there is high chance the blade is salvageable.

I've got one more overall pic of the razor...here it is...

I don't know much about grinds, but it doesn't appear to me to be the usual concave hollow/half hollow/etc. grind. Almost more of a very acute triangle with the frame on the back side...


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In my opinion if you want to clean up the blade some pitting will have to be left on since it is frame back and the blade is pretty thin.
As far as getting good edge, hard to tell from the pics, the razor needs to go to the hones and then you can tell if it will be usable.

and if not its always good practice for bevel setting? just because you may never shave with it, or its a junker, doesn't mean it can't be useful to you, every junker practiced on now is a salvageable razor honed well later.

I would start with the Magic Marker test. If it passes the test I would hone with the low grit hone, for me a 325. If you can produce a clean edge then it can be honed.

Ok new guy here...what's the magic marker test?


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you give the edge and bevel a painting with the magic marker, it helps to see if you're making contact with the very edge when honing, say someone has set a bevel and honed with tape, or an old wedge with multiple bevels. basically you'll see a very thin line on the edge left if the edge isn't making contact. I also use it as an aid to figuring what pressure to use when bevel setting and honing, helps me keep an even bevel i.e. do i need to use a varied pressure due to uneven spine wear do i need to do my patented tape compensation trick etc