Tragedy has befallen my Pyramid...

Hello all,
I went to have my Monday night shave just now and found to my dismay that I had what looked like two tiny chips on my Geneva Cutlery Co Pyramid's edge near the tip :gaah:. I don't know how this happened since it shaved great the last time I used it and the problem was apparent before my pre-shave stropping. I suppose it might have happened during my post shave strop routine, is this sort of damage possible with a few passes (about 10) on linen and few more on leather (about another 10)? More importantly, how do I fix it? Can additional stropping bring the edge back (more passes/more pressure)? What about .5 diamond spray? Will I need to sent this one out for honing? Please help! Here are some pics...sorry for the lousy quality but I only have my camera phone to work with.

Give it some additional stropping, 100 strokes linen then leather and see if that doesnt help, if not it will need to be honed.

Thanks! I really hope it helps I love this razor so very much!

I don't think you could have done that with either strop unless you had something embedded in the strop. Honing is the only way to eliminate the damage.

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Originally Posted by Utopian

I don't think you could have done that with either strop unless you had something embedded in the strop. Honing is the only way to eliminate the damage.

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If stropping wouldn't do ti what could it have been? Not great news but thanks!

I would guess that you hit/touched the razor against something. I hate disagreeing with Nun2sharp, but I don't believe that stropping will fix it because stropping does little, if any, metal removal and you will need to remove metal along the length of the edge to re-establish an edge at the bottom of that chip. Fortunately the chip is quite shallow so it will take little honing to remove the metal necessary to fix this.

Thanks again. I suppose stropping can't hurt it so I might as well try it; I could use some stropping practice anyway. But I'll have to send this one out I guess. Sad day...

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Originally Posted by Utopian

I would guess that you hit/touched the razor against something. I hate disagreeing with Nun2sharp, but I don't believe that stropping will fix it because stropping does little, if any, metal removal and you will need to remove metal along the length of the edge to re-establish an edge at the bottom of that chip. Fortunately the chip is quite shallow so it will take little honing to remove the metal necessary to fix this.

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No stropping wont remove metal unless it has a chip dangling from it, but do you have to destroy the guys hope?! From what I can see without my glasses the damage is minimal.

Absolutely! The damage is minimal and in reality he probably can sort of shave around it. As long as that tiny chip does not scratch the strop, it likely won't scratch his face. Sorry for destroying all hope!

No worries I guess my hope had it coming. Now to find a friendly member in the NE area to hone this one for me...to the Classifieds!

I don't see how that "damage" would affect your shave. AAMOF, I am going to guess that those pits were already there and you just recently noticed them. Go ahead and strop and shave like you normally would. If it shaves fine, you'll sleep like a baby. If you feel it is negatively affecting your normally smooth shave, you'll have to hone. You can strop till the cows come home, but it won't remove metal.

Thanks for the advice Flyman, I'll definitely give it a go on a shave test before I send it away.

Nun2Sharo, Utopian and Flyman,
Wanted to thank you fine gentlemen for the advice. I set me strop on a nice flat surface and gave this razor a good stropping on both linen and leather. whipped up a good lather and went at it. I put it to my face and the initial swipe felt great! I don't know if it was the stropping or the great frame of mind that that first stroke put me in but I have to say this might have been my best shave yet! Nice and smooth and more importantly really comfortable. Not a nick, cut or bit of razor burn to speak of. Thanks again you all made my week!