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08-18-2016, 02:17 AM #1
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Thanked: 3I sent the seller a message asking about it. He agreed with the celluloid rot diagnostic, but told me the scales were most likely replaced, and that the old scales were probably the cause. He doesn't think it's the tang cover that is rotting, but still I'm keeping an eye on the (now quarantined) razor.
Do you think taking it to the 12K Shapton would be sufficient to fix it?
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08-18-2016, 02:53 AM #2
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Thanked: 3795"The scales were most likely replaced"???
Wow.
Regarding the honing, it may or may not be able to be "fixed" with a 12k Shapton. It would be a matter of technique but given that you are new to this odds are low. Also, you need to keep in mind that this seller uses lots of tape so it would be easiest to match that thickness. Did the seller acknowledge the honing was insufficient? It was pretty obvious in your photo.
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08-18-2016, 06:30 PM #3
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Thanked: 3He told me that he unpins his razors and stores blade and scales separately, so he would already have spotted both the marks on the blade and the deterioration on the scale. The marks are certainly not recent if that is the case, because when I got the blade 2 months ago the stains where already there and before that, according to him, the blade was "naked".
I didn't ask him specifically about it, since I was more concerned with the celluloid rot issue. I also bought a Norton 4K/8K and a King 1K, so maybe I'll try the 12K and then lower the grit as necessary. I'll use the three layers of tape he told me he used when honing both razors (though he was using a Super 88 and all I have around is Scotch 33+, thus the original question in this thread :-)).
Also, could you please tell me what you saw that pointed to the blade being insufficiently honed? Looking at it (not the photo) I can't really say, since I don't know what to look for.
Thans!
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08-18-2016, 06:54 PM #4
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Thanked: 3795It's the prominent scratches in the bevel. The critical part of the blade is the edge; but the edge is the merger of the bevels on both sides of the blade. With such prominent scratches in the bevel, those scratches continue to the edge where the effect is saw-teeth.
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