Am just beginning my straight shaving adventure and have already fallen foul of an eBay (vintage) razor that was close to the end of its usable life. Though not to worry I can use it as a project/ something to practice honing etc on, if I didn't destroy it in an attempt to correct a heel problem, will find out what Os thinks of my efforts if he doesn't disown me:-). Should have taken up his offer to fix it, thought it wouldn't be too hard, turns out it was:-(. Thanks to Os for all of the good free advice and patience, I am sure he must get asked the same stuff over and over again.
Regards Ed