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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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ndw76 View Post
    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.

    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by ndw76 View Post
    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.
    Yes a lot of steel removing. all black dots has to be gone. gl

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    Wow.. That's nasty. How far in on the razor does it go? Is it only on the very edge of the .. eh.. edge?

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    I had a Wostenholm Pipe that looked just like that. It was already a touch under 5/8 so it was toast.

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    A sad sight indeed, for any razor but especially a Bengall

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bayamontate View Post
    I had a Wostenholm Pipe that looked just like that. It was already a touch under 5/8 so it was toast.
    Toast? why?

    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.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wildtim View Post
    Toast? why?

    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.
    The holes went clear through past 3/8 of the usable blade, more trouble than it was worth, IMO.

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    It doesn't look like it'll take much work to sort that out. Unless that is a massive bevel.

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