Originally Posted by
Christel
Regarding the razor with the larger ding, you can either 'breadknife' the blade until it is flat and then set a new bevel, or continue honing the blade until the chip has been removed. You'll get varying opinions on which course of action to take - more so, you'll need a courser hone than 4k, should you wish to breadknife. I find a cheap diamond hone to work well and it also doubles to allow lapping of waterstone hones. You can hone out large chips but it will not be a quick process, although slurry will help to speed it up. A photo would help to give better advice but if the chip is larger than 1mm, my personal course of action would be to breadknife and then set a new bevel.