Can anything be done?

I have a WB that sadly has a crack in the blade near the heel. I figure that this one may be relinquished to the collection case and not into my rotation. But I now consult the gurus of the SR for guidance in this matter

If it was mine, I would hone it and see if it would shave OK. The likelihood is the crack will get worse, but it is in a position that is hard to operate on. The crack will accumulate water and eventually rust, but it might be usable for a while.

Is toast,Sorry:(

The crack is a monster sad but it may just be a decoration now

You could grind it back to the crack and create a shorter edge with a backcut design

Looks like you are the proud owner of a thumb knotch..

Mine had larger crack, i grinded it down using a dremel.
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Grind it into a smile at the heel. Grind no more than necessary. You don't have to grind out all the crack. If you grind too little, the blade will move back and forth on either side of the crack and it will not hone uniformly across the crack. If you have honed enough, the blade will not move at the crack and the razor will probably hone sufficiently at that spot. Even if you turn it into a smile, and don't hone it from the crack to the heel, as said above you probably don't or won't use that area much when shaving.

You can recover a shaving razor. It will be ugly though. And, it might or might not be worthwhile.

Thank you all for the input I do believe that this razor will be my first attempt at a restore. I figure what better one to tryout than one that would possibly be a decoration anyway :D

Save the razor, do the back cut as Glen suggested and as shown it the other posters pics. Most of us have had to do this and you would be surprised at how well it works. Looks rather cool as well.

Apart from ending up with somethign you can use, you get valuable experience in working on a razor. Even if the project fails, that is valuable experience if you are interested in restoration.

Grind it out. You can't ruin the blade. Just make sure you remove all of the crack.

Jeff

I gave it a shot and......
Tada it worked. Took a bit to get all the crack but it now is a very functional shaver. Nice feel and balance.

Did you by chance pick this up in San Angelo? I was looking at a similar one at an antique store, crack and everything. They were asking $80 for it. I hope you didn't pay that much.

No I actually bought it on eBay as a two blade sale. Very cheap. About 45 for the two I didn't look closely at the pictures and failed to read the bit about the crack. But it worked out wonderful and I have a new favorite shaver

Good deal. I'm glad you're happy with it, salvaged it, and didn't chuck it. Looks good to me! Even better since you're happy with the shave!