Thread: The Mysterious Missing Slivers of Edge

Originally Posted by Geezer

Or, as one well known hone person found...his cats played with the razors!
~Richard

And they still had paws after that ?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

He IS??? Aw, we are just having some fun!

I just want to know how everyone keeps getting pictures from our family gatherings?

Originally Posted by pfries

I just want to know how everyone keeps getting pictures from our family gatherings?

Our methods of cunning concealment are many and legendary...

onimaru55 staying on point: razor was in amazing shape...the steel anyway. The pivot pin could not be tightened but it does center. No one plays with razor except me. So logic says that the crumbling occurred before the last shave and I did not notice it (is that possible?) or during the last shave (is that possible not to notice?).

Originally Posted by onimaru55

A couple of other things jump to mind.
How rusty was the razor before honing/restoring ? Wouldn't be the first Sheffield wedge to crumble after a few shaves.
Do you have a wife & kids with access to said razor ? Mysterious damage can be from other parties using the razor prior to your shave.

Wait a minute, I just remembered that Fuzzy was missing his face whiskers!

Originally Posted by Geezer

Or, as one well known hone person found...his cats played with the razors!
~Richard

Originally Posted by WW243

onimaru55 staying on point: razor was in amazing shape...the steel anyway. The pivot pin could not be tightened but it does center. No one plays with razor except me. So logic says that the crumbling occurred before the last shave and I did not notice it (is that possible?) or during the last shave (is that possible not to notice?).

Anything's possible but a subsequent honing may shed some light.

Let's be objective here (for a minute, anyway) - this thread ceased to have much importance after post no.27

The facts are:

1. The razor shaved fine when honed with the 12k hone as the final finisher.
2. The chipping occurred after the 20k hone was used as final finisher.

Inference: the 20k hone refines the steel alloy this razor is made from a bit too much.

Solution: remove chipping and re-hone to 12k.

Not much more to be said, is there?

Regards,
Neil

Closed Thread
Climb back into your goose. Thanks to everyone who posted!

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Let's be objective here (for a minute, anyway) - this thread ceased to have much importance after post no.27

The facts are:

1. The razor shaved fine when honed with the 12k hone as the final finisher.
2. The chipping occurred after the 20k hone was used as final finisher.

Inference: the 20k hone refines the steel alloy this razor is made from a bit too much.

Solution: remove chipping and re-hone to 12k.

Not much more to be said, is there?

Regards,
Neil

It ain't over till WE say it is! :deal

It's not over till you hone it up, strop, shave, inspect, and report back! How are we to learn otherwise?
meanwhile, we shall entertain! Get a move on before we get banned!

Originally Posted by WW243

...Climb back into your goose...

Ahem - it's a rather elegant swan.

Regards,
Neil