Thread: removing chips

Originally Posted by Utopian

Blade will be fine and if you want it to be useable it has to be done so the question is moot. I would hone out the chips most, but not all, of the way and then clean up the blade as much as you intend to do. Then hone it up the rest of the way.

+ 1 to what Ron said, Check out this PDF from the SRP library and pay attention to the info about a smile versus a frown, and how to get the one, and not the other. http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi...t_-_Honing.pdf

Also, Lynn and Glen each have videos that can be helpful. You will lose some width on that blade. Whether you want to focus the removal at the last third, which will be kind of obvious when it is finished, or encompass the blade from heel to point, where it won't be obvious, is up to you. One way or the other, smiling razors are a good thing.