Thread: Honing problem on restore.

My experiences with some razors is that, unless I look at the bevel/edge with 60X or higher, I miss the many tiny holes eaten through the blade and bevel. Many older razors were used hard and put away wet. Some were never used again; and that is where the trouble comes. Some do not show the pitting and holes at lesser power of 'scope. Most of them I have saved but had to do a lot of 600grit honing to get to good steel.
As a guide:
If a razor has the look of rusty fogging it may be not worth the effort. That means the corrosion has followed the inter crystalline spaces and the whole area is swiss cheese.
Some of the worst brands for that are HESS, Bresduck, C-MON, and some others that used lightly tinted transparent or cracked ice scales. Some of them used a poor quality wedge and the end of the blade may be corroded.
Just my take after quite a few 'bay and antique store razors.
~Richard
An idea of what the corrosion may look like: