You all have brought up some good points. I look at this razor as a chance to learn a little about honing and see if I can make some progress. If I mess up, it was a cheap blade and I get to learn. If it works out with a good hone, then have learned that art and can try to clean and restore the blade. Again, if I mess up, not too big of a loss. Looking forward to this over the next week or so. Thanks for the interest and ideas, I'll post some better photos once I get a little work done after the holiday weekend.