Thread: Can this Edgerite be fixed?

Hey guys. I acquired this razor recently at a very discounted price due to it's chipped edge. Being very new at this, what can be done and how do I do it? Also, does anybody recognize this hone? It belonged to my dad. it's probably from the early sixties.

Thanks in advance.

The chip likely can be honed out of that blade.
The hone looks like a coticule, and it is dished bad enough that it will take quite a bit to get it flat, and by then the hone will be very thin. I would save it as a keep sake, as is.

+1 to that.

not sure if the razor is worth saving as well, I would wait for cheap ish razor on BST

Just to add more detail to the answer already given -- it'd be easy to hone that chip out unless something else is wrong with the razor (like if it's warped, then it gets harder -- not impossible -- to hone the chip out).

You should look at the FAQ, particularly the part on honing:

Frequently Asked Questions - Shave Library

There are a lot of videos on YouTube about how to hone a razor. One of the mentors on this site, gssixgun, has done several videos that are very clear and show very good technique:

https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...ssixgun+honing

There are other good videos as well, but you need to be careful not to watch a video by just any idiot. There are plenty of those too.

Or you can look around on this site -- there are plenty of people who restore razors for others.

Fix the razor. Put hone on a shelf. Or have razor fixed for you but still put hone on a shelf.

I actually wonder about the functionality of a dished hone like this, has anyone actually tried using these for a while and came to a conclusion if they will still work or not?

Originally Posted by TristanLudlow

I actually wonder about the functionality of a dished hone like this, has anyone actually tried using these for a while and came to a conclusion if they will still work or not?

I had wondered a similar thing, that perhaps dished hones were used for wedge razors before electrical tape was around. I have tried to sketch out what I mean.



As to the original post I would send the razor out to a pro and see what they say. The hone I would +1 on the keepsake side of the argument.

Thanks for all the great advise guys. I'll hang tight for a bit, then figure out what to do once I've watched a few videos from non idiots.

If the razor isn't rusty on the bevel and there's no cracks it should be fixable