Let me preface this post by saying, "I am not a honemeister." I have honed a few razors that I purchased on eBay to practice with, and I had fixed a chip in one of my Thiers Issards. I have always hated thinking there was something I could not learn and do. I have watched many of the videos of Lynn and Glen making it look easy and I seemed to be able to do a decent job on the practice razors.

Recently while shaving with one of my Mastro Livi razors (not one of yours Jimmy ), I rinsed it off between strokes and while bringing it up out of the sink I let it tap the faucet. It didn't seem like much but when looking at it under magnification, there was a section that was about 1/4 inch long where the edge chipped. My first impulse was to contact Mastro Livi and pay him to fix it, but I began thinking of the aggravation of shipping it to Italy to have it honed.

On the ride home from work this evening, I began thinking about the money I have spent on hones and decided to man up and attempt it myself. After all if I was not able to fix it I could always send it off to the master. I started off by breadknifing it to remove the chipped area. Then I used a 1000 grit stone to set a bevel, followed by a coticule stone. I then went to a 12000 stone and finally a 30000 stone. I then finished it off with CrOx and a Neil Miller strop. It shaves my arm really well, and I will be using it to shave with in the morning. Will post the results.