I'm not quite out of the woods with that Union Cutlery Wedge razor. The heel half of the blade is nice and sharp, but the toe half will not hold an edge. Has anyone here ever heard of such a thing?

Here's one thing that might be suspect. When I got it, there were a bunch of tiny chips in the edge, not like it had been banged into anything, but like the metal had rotted away from decades of disuse. I sanded the crap out of it, but three tiny chips, barely visible, are still there (I didn't sand past them mainly because of laziness). The chips themselves don't seem to affect the shave, but I wonder if the presence of the chips indicates that I still haven't sanded completely past the oxidized metal. (When I first started sanding it, the heel wouldn't get sharp either).

This blade is very narrow to begin with, so I'm reluctant to keep grinding away on it. Maybe I should cut the blade in half & cut down the scales & turn it into a coochie razor? The razor I'm currently using as a coochie razor is nice & narrow, but a bit too long for the job. I only paid $20 incl. shipping for the Wedge, so I don't mind sacrificing it.

There's curing the headache by cutting off the head!


But anyway, what I really want to know is, have you seen this before on old razors, and are my observations consistent with the known effects of 25 years of oxidation on carbon steel?

TIA,
-Johnny