Thread: Worth the work?

I picked up this one cheap. I wanted you guys opinions on if the blade is worth putting much work into or if it's just a clean and try to hone it job.
There is a little rust on the cutting edge (first photo) but no serious chips and nicks that I can see.
Thanks in advance for the help!

What's it worth? Not knowing the make, In terms of money...probably not much. In terms of experience gained in restoration and honing a blade maybe a lot. Hard to guess what you're time is worth to you or what your experience level is, or what your intentions are.

The rust on the toe end of the edge could be a serious problem that might preclude even a proper bevel set without the removal of a lot of steel. Having said that...I always do a quick clean up and hone of every razor before I spend any serious amount of time on it. A little soap and water and then some quick polishing by hand with a compound of your choice ( I like Maas) will get you ready to hone it up and see if it will at least take an edge.

Good Luck!

WP34

I'm kind of in the same camp as Wolfpack. Anytime there is rust on the bevel, I always start with a bevel set, and watch closely with a good loupe (30X) and if you can get past that poloist and steel wool will get all the active rust off, and the gold wash too, so you will have to be very careful if that if you want to keep it. Even loose polish on your fingers while handling the blade will kill the gold wash. The steel wool and poloist will expose all the pitting under the active rust but won't remove any of it. I suspect that isn't a really high end blade, but can't tell from the pictures, so how far you go will be your call. Pitting sands out by hand fairly easily and is cheap to set up if you are looking for practice. Good luck and have fun!

As above,see if it will take an edge first,and hold it.
Back in the day I spent at least 10 hrs on a resto,Beautifull 8/8 Hoppe,did not pay much attn to the edge until I started to hone it.
when it became a 7/8,I still had holes in the edge (lava tubes) when it became a 6/8 with the same problems,I thru it in the trash.
Blade had terminal cancer,time to die.

looks like to me from the photos that it has some plating on it (like nickel). my experience is that its hard to get a real good shine from a rusty plated blade. should be a good blade to practice your honing on and could still be a good shaver though maybe not the best looking.