question about blade repair...

i could kick myself. i was shaving today and i put the razor down to go wake my brother up, and forgot about it. i came back a half-hour later and found a few water spots on the blade, very close to the edge. instead of waiting until i could get a white scotch brite pad to clean them, which would have been smart, i tried getting them off with a bit of toilet paper which, shall we say, lacks abrasive qualities. because of this, i was applying a fair amount of pressure and my thumb slipped and knocked down a small portion of the blade. i thought maybe i could strop it back into shape, but as soon as i started the first pass, i heard the very faintest sould of the knocked-down portion of the edge breaking off. if i look really closely and squint, i can barely see where the blade changes, but i can see it, and now it fails the thumbnail test (for drawing evenly) in that spot. Did i just ruin the razor for good? how big does something like that have to be to be considered unfixable?

if i can hone it down, no worries. i don't mind it if it's fixable, no matter how hard to fix. just tell me it's not a goner...

Sounds like you should be able to hone it out with no problems. Folks have removed nicks a lot larger than that. So relax, breathe easy and start soaking your Norton.

You can hone it down. What you did to the edge is what you do to the edge every time you shave with it...you just did it all at once, and on a (relatively speaking) larger scale. As long as you didn't knock a hunk out of the blade, or crack the blade, you can hone it out. And as for water spots, a little Maas polish will take them right off.

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Originally Posted by cyrano138

i came back a half-hour later and found a few water spots on the blade, very close to the edge. instead of waiting until i could get a white scotch brite pad to clean them, which would have been smart, i tried getting them off with a bit of toilet paper which, shall we say, lacks abrasive qualities. because of this, i was applying a fair amount of pressure and my thumb slipped and knocked down a small portion of the blade.

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been there, done that. same reason, same technique, same result. Just hone it, it will be fine. Or you can hammer it back to shape with a 4 pound hammer;)

Nenad

What depth are you referring to? When you say you knocked down part of the edge how deep is the damage? If you have to squint to see the damage you are ok. Polish your spots up first.
If you can not find Maas you can use Flitz or Simichrome.

Glen

definitely have to squint. less than a milimeter's depth.