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01-13-2013, 03:35 PM #1
Permanent damage to the blade?
2 or so years ago, I bought a SR that says it was shave ready. When it finally came, I tried it and it felt awfull.
I got my hands on my dad's magnifier (shame on me, I don't have one haha) and i noticed something: the edge and the blade were scratched.
so, i started to watch videos of how to hone a blade and bought a wetstone. 12k grit according to a user from SRP and also a great quality stone according to the same user. When the stone arrived, it did along a small stone used to smooth the surface and remove the imperfections of the big one (i know this proccess has a name).
Anyways, after some time I worked in the honing and I felt it did a better job... But only slightly. I noticed the surface was still scratched.
I've tried to hone it since then a couple of times ans almost get a mirror finish on the very edge, but i can see still the scratch.
Is it possible that the edge is damaged permanently? (Or that I damaged it) because... I have never archieved a shave-ready edge.
(Of course, there is the chance that My honing technique sucks)
Is not the best draw but the blade looks somewhat like this.