I'm having an interesting problem with a straight razor restoration on an old Red Point. Some background on the damage first. The razor had very heavy pitting along the edge but other then that it looked fine.
I removed the metal with pitting to get to the non-pitted steel and went to honing it. This is where things got odd for me. The razor simply would not accept an edge. I could get it sharp but not shaving quality sharp. So I did an experiment, I honed it at a rather steep angle, 22.5 degrees, and it took an edge just fine, but when I went to polish it at that angle the edge fell apart.
I'm thinking that I just didn't shave off enough steel and still haven't hit non-damaged steel. Thought I would get a second opinion from more experienced restorers first before I removed anymore steel and or bashed my head against a wall any longer on this one.