My first was a C-Mon I bought for 20 bucks after picking up an Omega brush and soap kit that kicked off this journey.

It had one major spot of pitting and some other minor areas. The scales looked bad. I also nabbed a barbers hone and managed to get it kinda, sorta, almost, sharpish enough for a decently bad shave. It would cut whiskers, just not very well.

After a year of DE shaving I decided to restore the C-Mon and have it honed by a pro. The scales polished up very well.

It's still the razor I use since I don't see any reason to by a new one.