Thread: Pitting on straight razor edge

I won this W&B 5/8 wedge through eBay. Noticed there's pitting on the edge. What's the best way to fix it?

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Not sure what is the exact terms. Chips perhaps? Shall I bread knife it?

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To get you started there is a primer in the library Honing a damaged blade - Straight Razor Place Library . There are also some long threads on the subject in the honing forum too.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

To get you started there is a primer in the library Honing a damaged blade - Straight Razor Place Library . There are also some long threads on the subject in the honing forum too.

Bob

Thanks so much for the link Bob

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Not that big of a deal. It will hone out.

Originally Posted by TrilliumLT

Not that big of a deal. It will hone out.

Thanks so much

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What hones do you have?

Originally Posted by Utopian

What hones do you have?

I only have one c12k

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If you're going to fix pitting at the edge, I'm going to strongly recommend obtaining a 1K hone - or maybe even something more coarse than that. You're going to need to hone passed the pitting, whether it be by bread knifing and grinding that section out or by simply honing until the pitting is gone. And it can be a real PITA no matter which way you go about it.

Originally Posted by Marshal

If you're going to fix pitting at the edge, I'm going to strongly recommend obtaining a 1K hone - or maybe even something more coarse than that. You're going to need to hone passed the pitting, whether it be by bread knifing and grinding that section out or by simply honing until the pitting is gone. And it can be a real PITA no matter which way you go about it.

I do have a knife sharpening stone which is about 400. Would that suffice?


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