Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
Maybe so. Scrape or sand the surface rust off and see what you've got.
Exactly....
A shaver only needs a couple eights of good steel along the edge
so grab some 3M and rub it down to bright steel and see what you have.
Pitting in the thick steel above the thin edge area can be lived with.

The chip will take a bit of work ... if it is a clean chip you may work it
into a nice shaver. If the chip has cracks running further back getting
the edge right will be a pain or impossible. I have found a lot of
cracks after I start honing and cleaning rusty blades. The chip
has already stolen +1/8" of the good steel from you. If you end up
chasing a crack who knows what will be left if anything.

The cell rot issue is important.... if that is what it is you dare not
seal it up in a box or store it with good razors. Once old celluloid
begins to decompose it does not stop and gets faster and faster
eventually the scales get fragile and break.

My guess is fingerprint and a second razor with worse cell rot
in the same shoe box for a decade.