Thread: Dead blade?

Originally Posted by Oustoura

Hi SRP folks,
recently i had a blade which was in good condition and needed to restore it. yesterday i spent almost 6h for clean and hone it.

i started with 10 passes on a DMT for delete the chips in the bevel. after this, 150 passes on a 1k. Well this is the 1st time i see, a blade keep the tiny chips in the bevel. I returned on DMT and more passe to have a bevel correct. they are still there. One more time on DMT but i put it 90° and deleted the bevel to restart all. Then i put the blade on the stone (not 90°) and start to hone it on 1k. Well this time there is no chips in the bevel but it doesn't cut even the arm hairs. I go back on DMT 20 passes and here we are, i see tiny chips again in the bevel. i spent 5 hours with this.

Second time; and i put the blade on stone with 90° and get a clean bevel. Then 1k and 300 passes; nothing! i just wanted to see if it will be better with finer stones. so i tried a 2-3k; result is nothing. then 5k; still nothing. than coticule; as you guess, nothing.

I'm hopeless. Do you have any i idea what's wrong? did you ever had a similar blade? how did you get over these chips?

Here a pic of the blade after all these processus;



and a close look to edge/bevel for see it better


PS: english is not my main language so maybe there is some faults. Just tell me if you don't understand. i will try to be more clear.

put it down , walk away, razor and you live to hone and be honed another day.
I would not go past 1k until you have a bevel set, you may want to tape the spine, since it sounds like this may take awhile
do about 20 clock wise and counter clockwise circles on each side then try the standing hair test all the way down the blade, then go to blur next hone, your bevel is set so your just refining it. and always uses even pressure