Thread: an admitted mistake ..

ok so my edges have improved greatly since i started , and lately ive stuck just to the coticule i picked up where im improved even more to the point where my shaves keep feeling better and better the more i play with it ...
BUT yesterday i must have been getting to big for my britches cause i skipped a step and now im back to the hones !!

i figured id admit to my not being observant ( just lazy ) and maybe help someone else out ..

so the last few razors i have honed have just been excellent for me , so last noght i honed a new one i got in the mail , passed all arm hair test , so i honned up to where it was popping hairs and off to shave i went .. nice comfortable smooth hair removal but on my jaw and under i was getting a bit of ruff sensation , i figured hhmmm maybe a few more strokes to touch it up ..... well long story short i was chatting with Chreees last night in the " Black rust removal thread and ended up getting a magifying glass out to read the tang and examined the edge while i was at it !!! the key to this is i was lazy and never inspected the edge and just went with the flow and didnt realize there was micro chipping in a few spots !! there for in certain plaves where i needed that part of the edge is where i had the bit of discomfort during my shave !! tiny enough where about 60-80 circles on a 1k and they were gone , but enough to feel at times ... so my lesson is .. dont rush and always inspect your edge instead of THINKING it is where it should be .. ( and dont get over confident )
BTW this is the second time ive done this but i wont let it happen again !! maybe my lack of knowledge but im happy to be able to notice little things now and be able to correct them !!

I made that mistake several times early on.

Originally Posted by gooser

BTW this is the second time ive done this but i wont let it happen again !! maybe my lack of knowledge but im happy to be able to notice little things now and be able to correct them !!

The first time was a lesson...Doing it twice was a mistake...

Originally Posted by Chevhead

The first time was a lesson...Doing it twice was a mistake...

if i had a dollar for all my mistakes id have a lot of custom razors built ...lol

Had a similar thing happen,leaped before I looked,Snagged a fantastic twin brand G. Hoppe 8/8 off the bay for cheap.
Spent days doing a resto,new ivory scales,the whole 9 yards,It was to die for as far as looks.
Set my bevel,than looked under the scope,micropitting all over the edge,lava tubes I could not see with my old eyes.
Un-pinned it and thru it in my re-cycle bin,Lesson learned,Never start a restore before looking at the edge

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Had a similar thing happen,leaped before I looked,Snagged a fantastic twin brand G. Hoppe 8/8 off the bay for cheap.
Spent days doing a resto,new ivory scales,the whole 9 yards,It was to die for as far as looks.
Set my bevel,than looked under the scope,micropitting all over the edge,lava tubes I could not see with my old eyes.
Un-pinned it and thru it in my re-cycle bin,Lesson learned,Never start a restore before looking at the edge

that terrible !!!