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I've been playing with my usb microscope and doing a bit of honing. I decided to have another go at this Bengall that I have put aside a wile ago. Imagine my disappointment when I saw this.
At best I think I am going to have to do a lot of bevel setting to get past the swiss cheese pitting.
You're not the first person to be surprised.Quote:
Originally Posted by ndw76
Someone here (maybe everyone here) calls this "Devil's spit", because of how it eats its way down into the steel.
It's a bitch.
Charles
Yes a lot of steel removing. all black dots has to be gone. glQuote:
Originally Posted by ndw76
Wow.. That's nasty. How far in on the razor does it go? Is it only on the very edge of the .. eh.. edge?
I had a Wostenholm Pipe that looked just like that. It was already a touch under 5/8 so it was toast.
A sad sight indeed, for any razor but especially a Bengall :boohoo:
Toast? why?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bayamontate
I have a Bengal that by the shank size used to be at least 6/8's it is no a 4/8 at best and by the scales it used to by about a half inch longer too. I figure at some point it gt dropped, chipped, and cracked therefore someone re-ground it right down to the toothpick it is today. It is still a great shaver and it holds and edge forever.
This is a perfect example of why a microscope is so helpful for bevel setting. I never bother looking under the scope after the bevel but I never leave the bevel setting without checking under the scope.
The holes went clear through past 3/8 of the usable blade, more trouble than it was worth, IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildtim
It doesn't look like it'll take much work to sort that out. Unless that is a massive bevel.
yeah this doesn“t look that nasty! I hope you already started restoring the baby?
I had a bad case of pitting into the steel of the edge myself.
It was way worse than what I see here.
Parts/dots of the colmplete bevel where gone.
I just did some light strokes on my DMT 600 and after 5 minutes, they were gone.
I did a normal sharpening routine through to 30k and voilį, s'good as new
Go ahead and try, maybe even a 1k will do the trick
After a few minutes of doing circles on a 1k I got rid of all the pits. They definetly looked worse than they were.
Shaved with it last night before picking my wife up from the airport. Needs a little more on the hones but I was happy with the shave and the razor.
Hi am glad to hear you managed to save it, would it be possible to see pictures of the razor and its edge when you have finished honing.Quote:
Originally Posted by ndw76
Thanks :)