blade reshaping?

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I'm looking for some advice before I put this to the hone. Firstly sorry for picture quality but best I can do just now. The issue I have is that this blade has considerably more toe than heel.

The razor belonged to a friend's grandfather, so before I do anything with it I want to be really sure it's the right approach. The razor has a small chip toward the heel, my guess is that it was dropped and an attempt was made to hone it out. Resulting in the lesser blade at the heel.

The razor has seen very little time on the hone judging by lack of spine wear and thickness of the blade at the toe. If this was mine I would be tempted to hone the reminder of the chip out and then look to establish a bevel and see if it would take an edge, the wear wouldn't bother me if it took an edge.

The alternative I suppose would be to bread knife or similar to straighten the blade line.

Any thought on which approach would be best, or advice on alternative would be appreciated. I'm keen to avoid creating any future problems by rushing into this one.

From the Pic, it doesn't look like the difference in width is dramatic. I would agree with you to just hone the nick out and re-set the bevel in the process and then finish it up and use it as is.

Have fun.

personally I would just hone it out & try to maintain the same curve & the spine
if you ink the bevel area & then mark & line parralel to the spine it will help guide you


I re4move chipos by starting at about a 45d degree angle & on the 320 Wet & Dry paper until the chip is gone, then tape it with several layers to reset the bevel & then drop back to 1 layer (or none if you prefer) for final bevel set & hone progressions

I have several blades with a norrower heels & toes by design so dont stress to much

Just don't breadknife it flat as it won't match the spine & looks odd

Thanks Lynn. The difference is about 3mm.

I agree, hone it up and use it as is.

Doesn’t matter if you breadknife or use an angle, you will remove the same amount of steel. I breadknife until just a little of the chip is left, then set the bevel and completely remove the chip, removing just enough steel to get the job done.

I would round off the heel while you’re at it, if not it will get sharp and cut you. Your bevel may not be even from heel to toe, but it will still shave fine.

gssixgun Restoration Breadknifing part 1.wmv - YouTube
gssixgun Restoration Breadknifing part 2.wmv - YouTube
gssixgun Restoration Breadknifing part 3 - YouTube
This is a video series by Glen where it demonstrates the technique he uses to restore a blade. You blade does not look that extreme, but you may want to watch the videos to see how it could be done. His use of the term bread knifing certainly doesn't look like I imagined it would. I have done similar things in an attempt to remove more material than usually seen in a bevel set. An un even blade is not the end of the world, and it sure beats an uneven spine. Good luck!

Thanks for the links to gssixguns vids. These really helped a lot, don't know how I managed to miss theses I'm a big fan of his work!