removing small chips

any suggestions for what stone i should get to remove small 1-2mm chips.

thanks.

I work small chips on 1k , but if more work is needed I go to either well worn off 325 DMT, or 600 Chosera.

can you show some pics?

yeah i tried my 1k was going wayyyyy to slow

If you feel comfortable, you can do circles or swipes with the spine lifted ~30* until the chip is removed, I use a DMT for that. After the chip is taken care of, establish a new bevel with your 1k.

I would use tape and take them out with normal honing (circles) on my 1k, but if you are comfortable with something more aggressive that's fine too.

I'm not sure I would call that a small chip-more medium sized to me. If you need magnification to clearly see them that's small.

If that was my razor I'd use the 1K too. probably circular honing or washboard honing. Depending on my mood.

Quick question for the experienced guys who have already responded to this.
How long would you estimate it would take on a 1k doing circle, upanddown, whatever, to get that chip out (without lifting the spine)?

My only 1k is a Norton, and it would take me at least three hours, maybe longer. Is this in line, or am I doing something wrong?

I would guess more like 30 mins (I've never actually timed myself removing chips, so that's a pretty wild guess), but it depends on the individual doing the honing. Definitely not three hours.

Not being a young Whippersnapper like Holly there and accounting for tired arm syndrome probably about 45 minutes for me. That's just to get the chip out nothing else.

I tend to be impatient, but I balance that by looking at the edge I'm working on under magnification every half-dozen strokes. I think it's almost impossible to look at your edge too much.

I really apologize for not linking this earlier. I have been busy.
this video goes from chips to bevel set done in about 7 minutes if I remember correctly.

YouTube - VTS_01_1.VOB

Gerrit, how large were the chips in the razor Glen works in that video compared to the one the OP is dealing with?

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Originally Posted by gssixgun

That actually came out way better than I hoped for :D

To answer the inevitable questions,,
The razor actually had 2 chips to start out with one was about 1mm deep the larger one was maybe 2mm or just a smidgen less...

The one thing you can barely hear there is when I say "You don't need to get behind the chips to fix them"... What that means is you don't have to take off all that steel... If you just get the back of the chip to barely meet the edge with the bread knifing techniques, then as you hone it in you can actually waste less steel than just honing...

I was just showing the different techniques of moving the razor at the begining... I usually use the back and forth Bread knife movement for bad chips at either 60 degrees or 45 degrees to start...

Thanks go to Nanna & deighaingeal for the video work, and helping me keep things from in front of the camera :)

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I hope that answers that question. Sorry it took me so long to respond.

Whenever I need to remove chips that are very little I just try a DMT 1200 and see how that works. Once I see that it may take too long I move down a step to the 325 DMT plate, tape the spine a bit, and then work out the chip on that. I then remove the tape and hone as normal on the DMT 1200 continuous or the naniwa 1K.