Is this W&B worth restoring?

[ctkelly]

Being somewhat new to straight razors I was wondering if this blade was worth having honed and scaled or should I move onto another project. It seems to have some excessive hone wear towards the toe on one side.....thoughts?

 

[kellicat]

Nah, I wouldn't mess with it. Send it to me instead, and I'll scrap it for you...

 

[jkh]

Sure, why not? It does has excessive toe hone wear, but other than that it would clean up nice.

 

[superbleu]

This blade looks better than some of my everyday shavers!!!

The blade is in very good condition. I would have no qualms about restoring it, but personally I would use it as is.

 

[mdunn]

the toe wear isnt too bad at all. it looks (though it may just be the picture) to not be too excessive, but just that the steel curves down a little there, this being worn more.

just polish her up and off you go (i wouldnt take sandpaper to it, else you would lose those awesome original grind marks)

 

[onimaru55]

She does'nt look 100% straight., It may be the pics but the toe is more worn on the mark side but the heel seems more worn on the pile side. Nonetheless not a lot of razors are dead straight. A bit of judicious X pattern honing should see you thru. The edge looks fairly sound.

 

[Luc]

Looks all right to me...

 

[honed]

I've had worse looking blades shaving me very well.
That blade is no trouble for an experienced honer.

 

[MileMarker60]

Agreed, well worth restoring. Chances are it may out last you.

Hone it up (or have it honed). I sure she will make a great shaver. Enjoy.

 

[natchez]

Sizable bevel, but there seems to be enough there to sharpen up nicely. I have razors with more wear that shave just fine. Give it a go

 

[ctkelly]

Thanks everyone. I'm sending it out to Ernie (nerdman) to have it restored.

 

[dakotaev]

Thanks everyone. I'm sending it out to Ernie (nerdman) to have it restored.

Good choice, he'll take great care of you!