A couple of weeks ago I bought a wedge razor at the flea market. It was an "R. Hibbard." It was pretty rusty so I cleaned it up. What a job. It has so many pits that I could never get them all out. Anyway, when I was done I tried to sharpen it.
First thing I noticed was that it was not very hard. Not heat treated right. Well I thought I would just have to dull the edge a little and try to re heat treat it. I have done that on hundereds of knives and even though a razor would present some new problems with the thick spine and thin blade I was going to try it anyway. Until I looked at the edge where I had started sharpening it. The dang thing is bent. Not so you could see it but it is there. The edge is only hitting the stone in two places on one side and one place on the other. Oh well. I just finished it out and put a handle on it and will just keep it as part of my new collection.