Thread: What would you do?

I agree with Dan.

You can hone the razor up and enjoy a great shave from that blade, but the ugly pitting can only be removed with days of slow patient sanding. Even then, the blade will remain scarred especially to your eyes.

Save your money and your time and buy another razor in good condition. It will be a cheaper way to go and more fulfilling.

I have a couple of razors that had similar problems to the one gifted to you. I have spent hours to make them presentable, but they are not something I would choose to use and so I don't feel inclined to sell them. I keep them to practice honing with.

Sorry to be negative.

[quote=English;248569]I agree with Dan.

You can hone the razor up and enjoy a great shave from that blade, but the ugly pitting can only be removed with days of slow patient sanding. Even then, the blade will remain scarred especially to your eyes.


I'v had a case of RAD since I started using Str8's in December and have accumulated @ 50 razors- new, old, NOS, japanese (both) and therefore have plenty to use. The scales are celluloid and feel smooth and cleaned up and polished very hell. However, they are warped. It seems that this has been exposed to being placed in the coffin and placed where it was hot and humid.

I sure would like to save the reversed etching and could leave that side alone with it's few spots. I am contemplating sanding down and polishing the pitted side but the blade would have had a lot of steel removed from that side. It might look a bit lopsided. I would not remove anything from the spine so that it shoule hone well althoug there would be some pits on the spine.

This razor looks like it had been honed only @ 1-2 times before being stored. There is a lot of metal on it.