Yep. I shaved with this razor this evening and had no nicks and pretty smooth shave.





Now a story.
I bought this and a Gold Bug razor at local antique store. I used the scales off the Mulcuto razor for the Gold Bug razor, that I had first dulled and then used for practice. I had the Mulcuto blade off and there was a nick on the blade about where you see the LARGE piece missing. As I was rubbing the face flat to use this razor for a practice razor I went sideways and took out an even bigger chip from the blade. This and the Gold Bug had cost me around $7.00 for the both, so I relegated the Witte Gold Bug to use as a practice razor. This "blade" sat on my desk as a letter opener.

I decided to redo the scales on the Gold Bug and used the scales from the 1 cent Pakistani razor and put them on the Gold Bug. I now had the scales off the Gold Bug, which were the original Mulcuto scales. Follow so far?? Well, I thought about something with those twin-blade Gillette disposable razors and the fact that they have a lot less area to cut when you use them. I wondered how much difference a small blade would make for shaving.
I had talked to Lynn Abrams about honing and his suggestion with what I have is that when I get to the 4000 and 8000 stones, to go pretty lightly and use that Coticule slurry stone I have, and for finishing, use the Coticule on my Franz Swaty barber hone but keep it light with a lot of water on the stone.
So, I used my belt sander, and took this Mulcuto down so that it had some resemblance of a bevel, and then went to the 1K, 4K, 8K stones with slurry on the 4K and 8K and finished up with the barber hone and a Coticule slurry, keeping a very light pressure, just the blade's weight and enough to keep it flat (per Lynn), and then stropped it.
Gave it a shot and it was a pretty comfortable shave considering. The big "cut out" was dulled with my Dremmel and then further made dull with very fine sanding disc in hand. So, what I shaved with is the front portion of the blade. It glided along smooth, NO NICKS, and no razor burn. THANKS LYNN!!
Lynn Abrams is a really smart honemister.

Oh, and the Gold Bug by Witte that I redid the scales on( I used the handles from that 1 cent ebay Pakistan razor) ... here it is below:





Also please note that there is extensive pitting on the Mulcuto and I had to put electrical tape on the spine to get a decent shoulder to work from. Must have worked ok. No nicks and no razor burn. Didn't even smart any applying Witch Hazel.