Thread: The Mysterious Missing Slivers of Edge

I have my favorite razor out on an end table which also happens to be where my loupe is. I have shaved very comfortably with this razor since I first got it and took it from bevel set to finish....I last shaved with it maybe a week ago and nothing bad has happened to it, as in dropped, banged into something, etc. It is still shave ready (so I thought). Just for fun I pick up the loupe and scan down the bevel both sides and everything looks beautiful until I see these missing slivers right on the edge, I mean so small that you cannot see them with the naked eye. Determined to shave with this razor I get out the Chosera 5K and give it a few licks, look again....still there, a few more licks....still there. I'm running out of time and I don't have time to reset the bevel so I grab another razor which just needs stropping and shave.
The razor is a Greaves (the micro slivered one). Does anyone know what might have happened?

Thanks

maybe the edge was too fragile and it crumbled after one use.

Can an edge be fragile at one time and not at another? Weird question, but I have looked at this edge before with the loupe and never seen anything like this. I guess what I am asking is it possible for the steel to be inconsistent across the edge?

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

maybe the edge was too fragile and it crumbled after one use.

wE hAve yOur GreaVes sliVeRs. dOn'T CaLl thE cOpS. YoU wiLL bE iNstrUcTed aS tO WhAt tO dO neXt. AGaIn, dOn'T cAll tHe cOps!

Don't pay Tom. Call the cops on him. He has already dumped the slivers in various rivers...

Regards,
Neil

PS: seriously, a 'false' edge looks good if you look at it under the loupe before stropping - it flakes or chips after stropping, so always look again. It could be as simple as the edge being too refined for the metal to handle, in which case dropping down a grit might help. A few circles on each side of the blade on a lower grit hone should remove the false edge.

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

a 'false' edge looks good if you look at it under the loupe before stropping - it flakes or chips after stropping, so always look again.

Valuable input here, Sir. Thank you.

Regards,

Simon

Did you possibly roll the edge the last time you stropped? There is also the possibility of a wire edge that crumbled off in spots. Without seeing it, it is hard to tell what went on with it.

The above are all good possibilities!
Was the blade bread-knifed on a diamond plate to get it into condition? That can cause the effect, big time. I found out the hard way! It causes deep scratches along the bevel and they are often hidden by later honing.
~Richard

No, did not do that....

Originally Posted by Geezer

The above are all good possibilities!
Was the blade bread-knifed on a diamond plate to get it into condition? That can cause the effect, big time. I found out the hard way! It causes deep scratches along the bevel and they are often hidden by later honing.
~Richard

If those slivers show up on Ebay, I'm definitely migrating to B&B!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

wE hAve yOur GreaVes sliVeRs. dOn'T CaLl thE cOpS. YoU wiLL bE iNstrUcTed aS tO WhAt tO dO neXt. AGaIn, dOn'T cAll tHe cOps!