Thread: Is it better, pits or no pits?

I would agree with the previous posts so long as the pitting is not along the blade edge you should be ok. I bought a few cheap straights on eBay about a year ago to practice honing. The pitting away from the blade was more visual and didn't effect it's performance after it was honed. The pitting on the blade edge was a whole different thing, even after honing when looking at the edge through an inexpensive 40X-25MM jewelers loupe, the edge looked like a rip saw. Not something you would want to shave with.

I have unknowingly purchased a couple of razors with pits, oddly, both had pitting in the bevel, one a fairly large one (loupe standard) and one had several small ones. The thing about pits is, if you don't accept them, they know it and they get bigger. Pretty soon all you have in your hand is a pit and the razor has been lost to time. Forgot to mention: I really should not be here...these were restorations that I purchased.