Thread: Quick Dulling Razor

i believe those green otto hans scales are prone to cell rot as well, i would keep it away from your other blades while in storage.

Thank you for all of the responses to me post. I will try all of the recommendations because they are all possible and I have nothing to loose by trying them.

The razor was a brilliant polished finish when I bought it but unsure as to how the person restored it. Perhaps it was done improperly. I will reset the edge and try the other suggestions. I hope it can be salvaged because I really like the razor.

I examined the blade this past weekend with a 30X loupe and found that the blade looks to be similar to the surface of an orange. Several pits which do not appear to be filled with rust but the blade surface is not smooth at all. Looking over my other shaving blades, none of them have the same appearance as this.

Was this just a bad buy and basically garbage? Can the blade be salvaged?

well you could try to keep honing past the "orange" portion to get to good steel. But is there pitting all the way up the blade? IIRC the otto hans blades are extra hollow, so any small amount of pitting COULD be troublesome.

*edit - posting pics of the blade would help a little bit in diagnosis.

If it sharpens fast and easy, then its gonna dull fast and easy.

I will post pics.

Thanks

I would continue to hone it to get past the pitting or chips. I have had some that would dull fast, but once I got past the bad metal they started to hold an edge alot better. Remember to use a very light hand when finishing cause I find that to much pressure can cause very tiny chips.