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    Default is it worth getting it honed?

    I was given a Packwood straight razor... it has a bit of an "S" curve to the blade edge.... would it be able to be fixed and honed and is it worth the cost to do so? Don't have a picture....

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    Is it a vintage razor? I've heard of the brand, sometime in the distant past...

    Also, is it a thin, hollow-ground razor or a chunky wedge-style?

    Fixing an edge like that on a thin razor wouldn't be too much trouble.

    Josh

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    I agree with Josh- it wouldn't be hard to do probably. Depending on the razor though, it might be a "smiling" blade. I'm sure you can do a search. Without pics it is hard to tell.

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    I had a Vesuvius grim reaper that had a blade with a pretty strong S curve to it, not to mention a few chips and very uneven ends, probably 5/8s at the heel and 4/8s at the toe. To use the usual honing methods I would have wound up with a 3/8s razor or less so in that case I just got some extra coarse sandpaper and put the edge down to it at a 90 degree angle and just ground it down until the chips and s curve were gone then went to square one to reestablish the bevel and all that. Its an extreme measure not to be done except as a last resort but in my case it was a very rare razor and I wanted it in shave ready condition.
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