Thread: Trying to get this pit out the tip of the blade

So I started Stropping and I didn't have my glasses on. I thought I was doing everything right. I took my time like I should. Must have stropped 50 laps or so when I lifted the blade to take a look. A little bit of leather debris was on my razor and when I brushed it off there was a huge pit in the tip of the razor. I started Stropping some more to try and get it out put the pit immediately refilled it's self. So I stopped that and figured i'd try and work it out on my coticule. I was doing around 10 laps on each side of the blade at a time and I managed to work it to the very very tip of the blade. I mean I can hardly see it. And it's been stuck here in this almost gone but I can still see it stage. What should I do now? Just be patient and keep working it maybe one lap on each side at a time on my hone or maybe try Stropping it out since is so close to the edge of the razor now?

A photo would be helpful. I, for one, am not sure what you mean by "a pit."

No strop is going to remove a pit. You usually need a pretty coarse hone (4K or less) to do that however yes we need some pics to really see what are talking about.

What they said ...... if the "pit" is picking up debris from the strop surface it must be a pretty intense pit. Stropping won't get it out.

Where there are rust caused pits that you can easily see, there are also smaller pits that can only be seen with significant magnification.
Run the tip of a felt tip pen over the edge very lightly and if there is a roughness felt then you know that you need to remove more metal before you can get to metal that has not been damaged by pitting.
The felt tip pen can be out of ink as you are using it to feel for a roughness that you cannot see. Ink from a felt tip pen can be removed with rubbing alcohol.

Originally Posted by redhotclaytonpeppers

So I started Stropping and I didn't have my glasses on. I thought I was doing everything right. I took my time like I should. Must have stropped 50 laps or so when I lifted the blade to take a look. A little bit of leather debris was on my razor and when I brushed it off there was a huge pit in the tip of the razor. I started Stropping some more to try and get it out put the pit immediately refilled it's self. So I stopped that and figured i'd try and work it out on my coticule. I was doing around 10 laps on each side of the blade at a time and I managed to work it to the very very tip of the blade. I mean I can hardly see it. And it's been stuck here in this almost gone but I can still see it stage. What should I do now? Just be patient and keep working it maybe one lap on each side at a time on my hone or maybe try Stropping it out since is so close to the edge of the razor now?

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Checking for pitting, chipouts and incomplete bevels is best accomplished by the use of an illuminated jeweler's loupe. Try the jeweler's section at Widget Supply

I use a 60X and don't forget the word ILLUMINATED. You can't see well without proper lighting. Most loupes use the common R44 button batteries.

Jerry
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