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[basil]

Help!

I was shaving today and my brother snuck up behind me an scared me as I was rinsing my blade. I jumped and it got dingged on the faucet.

Now there is a very tiny chip on it. If I use a progression of hones I should be able to grind it out right?

[Bill S]

It's a good thing he didn't sneak up on you while you were shaving your neck!

To address your question, there is a theoretical and a practical response. Unless the chip is large or is associated with a crack it can be honed out with a series of hones. That's the theoretical perspective.

The practical answer is that if you don't have the tools and the experience to know what to do, you are probably better off sending it out to a Pro for honing. It's pretty easy to take a minor repair and turn it into a major problem with incorrect technique.

If you want to take on the challenge of fixing your razor, post a couple of pictures and I'm sure you'll get some good advice about how to proceed.

[basil]

I will be sure to post pics soon. As for the chip it's very tiny I didn't even notice it as I finished my shave I only noticed it at the end as I putting some baby oil on the blade and saw the q-tip was catching in that one spot.

I actually ran it over my coticule a few times and it smoothed it out some. But I'm a perfectionist and want my blade to be flawless.

[hi_bud_gl]

I'm a perfectionist and want my blade to be flawless.

i am sure we have someone in Canada will be take care of your blade.
Just send to the pro and let them handle it.
Gl

[Disburden]

You don't want to ignore a chip and use the razor anyway. No matter how tiny it most likely WILL at some point catch your face or neck. Its bad news.

Honing out a chip is hard, just send it out, someone will definitely help you.

[Ryan82]

Help!

I was shaving today and my brother snuck up behind me an scared me as I was rinsing my blade. I jumped and it got dingged on the faucet.

I bet you'll lock the bathroom door the next time......

[basil]

You're very right. I'll be locking that bathroom door for sure!

As for a picture I couldn't get it. The dent was so small the camera couldn't focus on it.

Either way I decided to tackle this on my own.

I took out my hone set and all my nick backs and I went at it.

I started with a 1000 grit stone and I ended up getting the chip out perfectly.

From the 1000 I went up to a 6000. I know it was a big jump but that's all I have. Plus it's a wider stone so I was able to make sure I had the bevel evened out all the way across.

Then from the 6000 I went onto my coticule and went at it with the dilucot method and a very thick starting slurry.

Must say I did pretty good for my first go at a repair like this. I just finished stropping and it's sharper then before. I'm really tempted to get a pasted strop, but free newspaper works just the same for me!

I'll take some extra time and strop it real good again and tomorrow I'll use the newspaper trick to get it perfect and very very sharp!

[niftyshaving]

I will be sure to post pics soon. As for the chip it's very tiny I didn't even notice it as I finished my shave I only noticed it at the end as I putting some baby oil on the blade and saw the q-tip was catching in that one spot.

I actually ran it over my coticule a few times and it smoothed it out some. But I'm a perfectionist and want my blade to be flawless.

If the ding is tiny enough it will vanish with honing.

Pictures will help!

If it is catching a q-tip it might end up giving you a nick
and worse a burr that might develop as you hone it can
be a problem. A lightly pasted strop can tidy up and
sometimes remove a burr...

If you are taking out a nick you want "flat as possible" hones.

Slow and steady if you are fixing it yourself. Tape will help
you keep the blade closer to perfection as you work it
down. Remove the tape for the final bevel set.

[RobertH]

I'd grind the chip out on your brother!