Thread: fixing an overhoned razor

So what stone do you use once you've really messed up the blade and need to fix it? From what I've read I won't be able to do this on my Norton 4k/8k (which is in the mail.)

For what its worth I hope to learn to repair antique store finds and stuff so I'll eventually need to get the right stone anyway. Can the blade restoration be done on a Norton 1k stone, or do you need even lower grit? Also, when purchased new, I assume the 1k stone will need to be lapped flat as well, is this correct?

Originally Posted by straightrobert

So what stone do you use once you've really messed up the blade and need to fix it? From what I've read I won't be able to do this on my Norton 4k/8k (which is in the mail.)

For what its worth I hope to learn to repair antique store finds and stuff so I'll eventually need to get the right stone anyway. Can the blade restoration be done on a Norton 1k stone, or do you need even lower grit? Also, when purchased new, I assume the 1k stone will need to be lapped flat as well, is this correct?

Well it is hard to say without seeing the edge. If you have an eye loupe or a microscope with maybe 30 to 60 power you can see what the bevel looks like and that is a big help. Doing circles on a 4k might get you out of the woods or you might need a 1k. For serious chips that are easily seen with the naked eye maybe a 325 or a 600. It depends on what you're dealing with. You will need to lap any hone you get no matter what it is (except for diamond hones) A 325 diamond plate is my favorite tool for that.

Have you looked at Lynn's honing videos or Heavydutysg135 (David Polan)? They are in the SRP Wiki help files here. Sorry if there are no short answers. If you've read all of the honing tutorials once give them a second look and you'll find a lot to go with.

Yeah I've read the wiki's and watched a lot of the videos. I'll give it another look though...

Originally Posted by straightrobert

Yeah I've read the wiki's and watched a lot of the videos. I'll give it another look though...

If you do the TNT does it grab at all ? Does it feel rough as it goes or smooth on the nail ? You may not have done as much damage to it as you think is what I'm getting at but it is hard to say without seeing and feeling it.

This might be a good time to ship it out to a honemeister... I don't think you want to tackle trying to get this shave ready this early in the game.

Yeah its looking like a honemeister may be in my future, bummer :/

Originally Posted by richmondesi

This might be a good time to ship it out to a honemeister... I don't think you want to tackle trying to get this shave ready this early in the game.

That is good advice. When it comes back you'll have a benchmark to judge your efforts with and practicing on cheaper ebay razors would be what I did.

I agree with jimmy most knife stones are what we would consider rough and uneven by the razor standards, I am master with knife honing and thought it would transfer to the razors and suffered the same fate as yours!

Now I own three stones and although one is a mutlipurpose it is only for setting the edge and the other two are now pure razor stones.