Thread: Hi I'm a newbie. And I did a bonehead mistake. please help!

your welcome,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Simple first...

Can you SEE and damage?

Do you have a linen/canvas side to you strop?

In order to do the scratching, obviously some part of the blade is distorted out of it normal configuration. It MIGHT be possible to bend that region back with more honing, but as you have seen, that will affect your strop. Otherwise the best option is to send it out for honing.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Simple first...

Can you SEE and damage?

Do you have a linen/canvas side to you strop?

In order to do the scratching, obviously some part of the blade is distorted out of it normal configuration. It MIGHT be possible to bend that region back with more honing, but as you have seen, that will affect your strop. Otherwise the best option is to send it out for honing.

yes, i see the chip. its small. but its there. Shaving Supplies - Shaving Accessories | Classic Shaving is about 1 and a half hours away. I'm going to see if they will let me drive down there tomorrow to repair it. hopefully its not too much.

That's a small ding, it shouldn't take them much time to work that out.

That's normal wear and tear, no big deal, sheesh, I've been wearing my first strop as a loin cloth for the last 8 months....

OK if you can see the damage it cannot be stropped out. It is going to need to be honed to fix it.

Originally Posted by Phrank

That's normal wear and tear, no big deal, sheesh, I've been wearing my first strop as a loin cloth for the last 8 months....

Is it a 2" strop?

Originally Posted by Utopian

Is it a 2" strop?

Yup, 2" from the floor....

Just wanted to give you guys an update. I really appreciate all the advice in this thread. Euclid440 from this forum reached out to me and fortunately he lives in the next city over. So today I went over there and he helped me fix the chip by honing the blade. The chip is gone and the edge is sharper and smoother than when I first bought it. I really appreciate him taking time out of his day to help a newbie out. Not only did he fix the blade, but he took time to show me how to properly strop my blade so that I could take care of my investment. The information he taught me was invaluable. Previously I was stropping with too much pressure and I think I actually caused some damage near the heal of my blade without even knowing it. Plus I made some cuts in my brand new strop as well. On top of that, I tried to offer payment for service, and he wouldn't take it! Talk about a class act. I'm really taken back by his generosity. Thank you sir!

You just found out what this forum is about. We all share an interest and those with greater knowledge are more than willing to pass it on and enrich the landscape of the forum. In essence we are a big PIF group because I'm sure now that you will do the same at some point in the future.