Thread: Chipping on the edge

Originally Posted by cassady

Like XMan said, I've encountered a razor where it just kept microchipping. I couldn't figure out why it it wouldn't take a sharpening until I bought one of those radio shack magnified loupes. I'd see the microchipping, hone it, get more chips. I tried to do feather light strokes on a higher stone to no effect.

I kept wondering if it got de-tempered (if that's a word), or if something happened to the steel to crystallize it or something. Maybe it was just age and deteriation. It was an ebay cheapie (not a Pakistan razor), so I just tossed it into the mug with the other troubled citizens of my collection in the hopes of someday solving the puzzle.

cass

Just a thought, celebrated razor maker Joe Chandler gave a review of his then newly acquired Shapton GlassStones awhile ago. He was very impressed with the Shaptons. In reference to the microchipping this is what he said at the end of the review ;

"In comparison to my natural stones, let me put it this way...I won't be getting rid of my Tam O' Shanters or Dalmores, coticule or Eschers...some razors respond better to the slower, softer cutting actions of these stones, and they remain a valuable part of my arsenal of honing stuff. Wackers, for instance, because they're so hard and "chippy" seem to love the TOS's. It cuts and hones without microchipping, which I had a lot of problems with on other, more aggressive hones".

If you have a natural as described above get that chippy razor out and maybe that will solve the problem.

Originally Posted by cassady

It was an ebay cheapie (not a Pakistan razor), so I just tossed it into the mug with the other troubled citizens of my collection in the hopes of someday solving the puzzle.

Looking forward to your entry here!
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I had a razor like that and the thing was driving me crazy, had to swallow my pride and PM Glen/GSSixgun and heres what he explained to me(not verbatim) under the surface corrosion, the more you hone the more its exposed, you just gotta keep going until you or it are gone. The razor would look like a primitive saw under the glass, you would get it ooooh so close to perfection and then the edge would just crumble, and you would have to start over, its a ****er.

Well I actually dulled the edge down on my Norton. Then I went to the hardware store and got some sheets of 1500grit wet and dry. The 1500grit I taped to a my countertop and set the bevel with that. I think it was surface corrosion since there was some staining around the edge. I had to dull it and then re-hone it several times, soon it began to hone without chipping. Last night after spending all afternoon working on it I got it up to snuff. After my shower I shaved with it and it was extremely smooth Might even shave better then my Friodur. So it took a ton of work, but I finally got it to be a usefull tool.