Thread: One of my blades has a nick on it, should I hone myself?

Nah, that's not a 'small nick that will come out easily', esp. with your coarsest hone norton 4000.

There are more issues with thee edge too, but that's the major one. Here's a pic to highlight some, but your whole edge is pretty serrated (make sure you dry the razor well and strop it well including the fabric component):


You can give it a try and see how it goes. Do 100 laps without slurry see your progress, then make slurry do 100 laps with it and see the progress again. That will give you some ideas how slow it is.

Be careful with pressure too, you can't put back the steel, may be tape the spine to be on the safe side.