Thread: honing: the good, the bad...

Well My Dovo was starting to pull a bit, due in part to shaving every day and in part to poor stropping at times. Although I have not had alot of luck honing my "e-bay" razors, I thought I would do just 5 laps on my norton 8K. I followed that with 10 laps on crom-ox. Well the good news is that I got that Dovo nearly as sharp as it was when I got it fresh from Lynn's hones. The bad news is that while enjoying my shave, and patting myself on the back for a job well done, I hit my razor on the faucet! It didn't chip it, but it did dent the edge. I was able to push most of said dent out with my thumb nail, but it is still going to take some work. The ugly part... I went ahead and finished the shave, tring to work "around" the dent. After losing maybe a quart of blood, I figure that was a mistake. Now the question is, do I try to fix it on the 4K 8K combo? Or, do I look like a dirt bag for a week while I send it off and use my SRD free first re-honing? Or, do I try to fix it, fail, send it in anyway, and hope Mr.Abrams dosen't send me a nasty letter wondering what I did to this razor? I thank you for your thoughts.

Personally I would send it to SRD. Not because it would be free but unless you are confident in your ability my guess is the results would be a sure thing if a pro did it. I practiced on lesser razors before tackling my better ones and I'm glad I did. Good luck with it whatever you decide.

I don't think anybody is going to give you a hard time about dinging your razor. Trust me, you're not the first person to do this, and you sure as heck won't be the last. I've already done it twice.

As a newbie, like myself, if the razor got to the point where it was cutting you I would definitely send it in. It's possible the bevel may need to be reset, and I wouldn't do it to my razor without some practice on a few eBay razors.

Otherwise, a royal welcome to the dingers club.