Thread: Is this Genco Honor worth fixing up?

I have been undecided about this guy for a little while. I picked it up for $10 some time ago and hit it with some sand paper to get the active rust off. It has some patina on it and some obvious pitting, not to mention it has been honed pretty poorly and the tip is all but gone. There is a guy up the street that will probably be willing to pay $20 for it, and I don't have any hones at the moment.

Would this be worth honing and using, or should I just scrap it and walk away with a $20? I have an Easy Aces that holds an edge like a shopping cart holds groceries. I don't know if the condition of this and the honewear will put it anywhere near the same ballpark though.

Double your money and run.........

If you can sleep at night take his money .

When I was starting out learning to hone, a razor like that would have been worth practicing honing. At $10.00 it isn't a major disaster if it is a flop. OTOH, unless I was honing it myself it would not be worth keeping. I personally wouldn't take $ for a razor like that. I wouldn't feel comfortable with myself if I did. YMMV.

Then again, compared to razors a certain vendor is selling for more $ "sight unseen" it is worth double the money.

I live in the panhandle of Florida and strangely enough, any and all straight razors fly off the shelves. Whether or not it's a good shaver, I'm sure it has value for someone. Worst comes to worst and no one wants it, I'll do as Jimmy mentioned and use it to practice honing.

That razor indeed has value,about 35 cents

Could you make it into a shaver? Probably could, we've seen far worse on this site that are said to be shave ready being sold by people. Like others have said though, I myself couldn't in good conscience sell a blade like that for a profit.

The last thing I want to do is screw someone or make them think they are getting a good deal. The consensus seems to agree that the blade is near worthless, so using to practice on various hones won't detract from the value. Might as well get a feel for the different grits and see how they respond. Thanks for your input everyone.

I think it's one of those things that's probably more or less worthless in most people's hands, but which might be a fun challenge to see if you can turn it into a good shaver. For the sake of $10, I'd keep it to play around with and practice honing. And like others, I wouldn't feel right about selling that one unless the buyer is fully aware of its issues and maybe just wants one for display.

Take it as a challenge and try to make it shave ready. It would be good practice and then you can sell it and not feel like you are taking advantage of anyone.

If you destroy the razor you will have fun and still learn a lot about maintenance and honing. If you succeed at breathing some life back into that steel you can have that personal satisfaction that comes with doing a job well!

I still have my first repair, a sweet little Dubl Duck that I purchased originally to practice restoration and honing. I am still learning from that repair!

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