The Mysterious Missing Slivers of Edge

[WW243]

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

[thebigspendur]

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

[WW243]

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?

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

[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!

[Neil Miller]

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

[Siguy]

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

[rodb]

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.

[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

[WW243]

No, did not do that....

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

[WW243]

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

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!