Thread: Ding near toe... go right to the 1K?

I would do 4k also...see where that gets you.

I concur drop to the 4K or equivalent, no need to drop all the way down if it's not needed. You'll just make more work for yourself.

I have to say you can remove metal pretty fast with the 4K with a bevel that is somewhat developed. It does appear that your bevel is not completely set, however I am not particularly familiar with working with that high of magnification. In any event some time on the 4K will certainly get your very tiny damage out and get you ready for starting to polish the bevels. I am going to guess seeing as you said Boker that we are talking about a full hollow and looking at the hash marks your bevel is only about a mm wide, so that damage is .25mm. A 4K will make quick work of that.

I think a regular picture without magnification would help us to better understand what we are looking at. It does look like either the bevel may not be fully set or you have a small secondary bevel. Either way, fixing the damage should take care of it.

Originally Posted by BeJay

It does look like either the bevel may not be fully set or you have a small secondary bevel. Either way, fixing the damage should take care of it.

This ^

1k will be the quickest correction.

The bevel was set and it had a good edge, prior to using it (40 shaves ago). Started getting some irritation with it, so I moved to the next blade in the rotation. It has a small secondary bevel on it.

I'll give a shot with the 4K, and see how it goes. If I don't make progress, I can try the 1k (I do have a 2k SS as well (forgot about that one). As RezDog highlighted, it is very shallow, less than 1/4mm.

Will give it a go tomorrow night (hopefully).

Thanks for the suggestions/recommendation everyone.

You have access to magnification, so you might as well take advantage and see what you can accomplish on the 4k to take out the ding and bring back the full edge. If you became impatient with what you see for rate of progress, then you might as well drop down to the 1k. Odds are good though that the 4k will be sufficient. Regardless, you have both hone options, as well as the scope, so you are free to explore and use all of it as a learning opportunity!

I would kill that edge and start on the 1k , personally.

Keep checking the edge under that magnification to make sure you are reaching the edge.

Use minimum pressure..

Can we see pics after you have fixed it up please ..?
Good luck.