Extreme spine wear, Near Wedge or What?

[CSquare]

Hi,
I bought the razor in the picture because I found the shape interesting and a bit unusual (especially the spine).
As I hope you can see the "bevel" and the "spine wear" are very large, leaving an area in the middle where the blade is slightly hollow.



My questions to you are:
- Is this an overhoned piece of junk not worth restoring or it is the way it is by design?
- How would you go about restoring it? Just a good cleaning and hone without tape maintaining the current look? Or something more radical?
- Do you happen to know what "Peruvian Steel" is? The stamp on the tang reads "Charles Pickslay's Peruvian Steel razor Royal York Works Sheffield"

Thank you very much!

[mainaman]

this razor for sure has seen a lot of honing.
You can easily remedy by regrinding it. Some of our restorers can do that for you if you do not have the tools.

[MODINE]

Nice blade. It's a beauty. So long as the blade is sharp at the heel and tip it is honed proper. Only a shave test will tell. This is not unusual hone wear for a near wedge or true wedge bevel set.
MIke