Thread: micro chipping

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.

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

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.

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.

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.

Originally Posted by alpinmack

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.

yeah me too !!!!!!!! like little rockks

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.