Thread: Touch up honing

After reading about someone else knocking their razor on the faucet, I promptly did it my self, and have slightly rolled the toe of my razor.

What do I need to buy to fix this my self?

Cheers folks,
Greg

A 3# sledge hammer should do the trick

What do you already have? Alot of repairs can be done with the same stones you have.

Originally Posted by DwarvenChef

A 3# sledge hammer should do the trick

What do you already have? Alot of repairs can be done with the same stones you have.

absolutely squat all . . .

Originally Posted by gregs656

absolutely squat all . . .

Well now this does present a problem. I use a Norton combination 400/800 waterstone and many other guys do too. a pasted paddle or some similar finisher like a Belgian coticule might be in order as well.

X

Originally Posted by xman

Well now this does present a problem. I use a Norton combination 400/800 waterstone and many other guys do too. a pasted paddle or some similar finisher like a Belgian coticule might be in order as well.

X

I've heard a lot about those Nortons.

Man do I wish the dollar was weak again. I'll search for a S/H one.

Bit of a PITA really.

The dings that I caused made me go back to the DMT-E then a BBW/Coticule combo

I'm a newbe honer but the BBW is pretty slow so that would take a whole lot of time to start on that one.. a Coticule with slurry should be able to replace the DMT-E depending if you have a fast cutting Coticule or not.. Then again a DMT-E is not an expensive hone and its a nice one to set bevels..

I have no experience with the Norton but I suspect that the 4000 could take out that ding as well.. then polish it up onthe 8000 and you are ready to go..

Maarten

It's really really tiny.

There are some mega price variations on those nortons, anything from about $65 to double that.

What are Norton 'India' combinations.

Originally Posted by gregs656

After reading about someone else knocking their razor on the faucet, I promptly did it my self, and have slightly rolled the toe of my razor.

What do I need to buy to fix this my self?

Cheers folks,
Greg

If it's really rolled and not chipped, then the cheapest option is to try and unroll the edge. I've done this successfully twice by stropping the razor on the edge of the countertop. My counter has a rounded front edge and I stropped the razor on that until the edge unrolled. Then I took the razor firmly to the linen for a few hundred laps, then to a pasted paddle or barber hone if you have one. It won't necessarily be perfect but it may get you close enough to shave again. One of mine came back perfectly, and the other one still had a little bitty nick but has shaved just fine for years now - you don't actually have to have a perfect edge to get a good shave, there's a bit of wiggle room with small fleabite nicks. You do need to make sure that the edges of the nick are smoothed out so they won't scratch your skin, and that's one of the things the linen does.