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I have an e-bay special which I am trying to get shave ready.
It is starting to cut arm hairs now. But under the micro scope I can see very small chips on the edge. Should I stay on the norton 4k until they have gone. Or carry on doing pyramids.
any help is appreciated.
If you don't have a courser stone [1000K] stay on the 4000K until the microchips are gone.
bj
Micro-chips are the blades way of telling you that you have done one stroke too many at any given grit or you have used a stroke/angle that is too aggresive for the steel to tolerate.
Its just like when you grate a block of cheese and a giant hunk suddenly breaks off onto the plate.
You didn't say what magnification you are using. If your using up to about 100x the advice you got here is proper but if your using 500x and you see tiny chips I really wouldn't worry.
and to confuse even more I've read here that many don't worry about chips that can't be seen with 30x. and the blade I'm currently using has a tiny chip that can be seen if you sqint and tilt your head at the right angle. (note: I would take that out if I had enough confidence that I wouldn't ruin the edge.)
I think the greatest advice to give would be try and shave with it. that's the best way to know how deep a chip is acceptable to you.
Its a hand held microscope that says its x200 but the images look closer to the x100 views that Ive seen pasted on here.
I have tried to shave with it, It will remove hair but does pull a bit.
Unless you never removed the corroded/chipped steel at the edge in the first place. This would mean that you have a lot more work to do at the low grits.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFDavis11
I've got the same problem but I think the real issue is my Norton rather than the blade angle. When I'm honing, sometimes I can hear it hit something as the blade slides across. When I first got the stone, I lapped it, but maybe I used too course a sandpaper in the first place and made grooves in the finer stone? Anyone experience that? How do you smooth or wipe the 8,000 side so that there is nothing on it?
I use a 100X microscope.
yeah me too !!!!!!!! like little rockksQuote:
Originally Posted by alpinmack
Yep Ive had that problem turns out it s grit from the lapping process embedded in the norton.
Scrubbing it under running water seemed to work for me.
Here is a relevant, recent thread about grit on your Norton. To make a long story shorter, grit in a Norton seems to be very rare and most often something introduced by the user.
Another link.
An Ebay special frequently has old, oxidised, weak steel on the edge that develops microchips easily. Stay on the 4K until the old steel is worn off and the microchips are gone then move on to the conservative pyramid.
Just my two cents,:)
i look at hone with microscop e and see small rocks in it. they are clear or white hard to tell. my sandpaper grit is black. the rockks are much bigger then sandpaper grit when i look with microscope. you can not see rocks without microscop e. rocks do not come out of hone. i talk to norton they said its a bad hone and to send back
not ebay specials - all razor i have had and use for years
Send the hone back and get a new one. Then lap the new hone before using it. Your problem should be solved.
Keep us posted,:)