Thread: inherited blades

Welcome to SRP. A close up of the blades would help come to a firmer conclusion. The one on the bottom has a lot of hone wear judging by the blade profile. Might could hone it up but I don't know if it would be worth putting $ into unless there is significant sentimental value.

The uppermost one has a nice blade profile. Any pitting around the cutting edge ? If it was mine I would use metal polish to clean them up and as long as the scales (handles) weren't cracked keep 'em. Get one or both honed up and that would be it.

What is stamped in the thin part (tang) that is riveted to the scales ? In many cases the boxes are mismatched to the razors. The tang stamp is a sure indicator of who made the razor.

The top one has a lot of rust, and I think some "pitting" if you mean if the edge is a bit uneven. It's hard to tell without cleaning off the rust, but I've been hesitant to do much with it out of fear of damaging it more than helping it.

The lower one has Silver Beauty on the tang and American Beauty on the blade itself. It seems to be in a lot better shape than the other one, although they've both definitely seen some use. The American Beauty one has held up well though over the years in comparison. I'll try to get a higher quality photo, but for some reason my crappy digital camera wasn't focusing well earlier.

If you have some sort of metal polish like Maas, Semichrome or Flitz.... even compound like turtle wax or mother's give them a cleaning with a paper towel and then post pix of the blades. If the rust hasn't caused deep pitting in the bevel you ought to be alright to have them honed and put back into service.

Meanwhile if you haven't done so already check out the SRP Wiki beginner's guide here.