Thread: 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.

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

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.