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Mystery solved, I honed away for a good while and kept finding nothing but Swiss Cheese. The Swiss cheese portions are obvious without magnification in the right light too and they run the entire...

Did a bit more honing and I'm starting to find good steel but only spots of it. There might be hope for this one. Also, lol yes I sharpened it at a 22.5 degree angle to see if it would take an edge...

Yes! I would describe it in the state I found it as looking like Buck shot tore up just the edge. It was quite a mess!

No offense taken! Yes its a hollow grind. Also this isn't my first honing or restore, this would be my 5th restore with the prior 4 being successful. Here's a pic of the razor in its current state....

I'm having an interesting problem with a straight razor restoration on an old Red Point. Some background on the damage first. The razor had very heavy pitting along the edge but other then that it...