Thread: Dropped It!!! :(

I pulled out one of my Charlie Lewis one piece razors, a cpm154 stainless steel. Started shaving and moving the off hand to stretch the skin by habit the same as with a folding straight. The off hand hit the tail of the razor, which normally isn't in that position, and down it went!!! The tang hit just right and caused it to flip and the edge caught the underside of the Formica counter before falling to the floor mat.

i decided to hone out the ding to the edge using just the Shapton GS's. I applied 3 layers of tape and started on the 220 stone, with slurry. I was surprised at how hard that stone is. It took several hours to finally work through the ding, and the 220 with a lot of pressure didn't auto slurry. Had to change out the top layer of tape quite a few times and then removed it and worked 2 layers and finally down to one.

The challenge was to keep the smiling profile of the razor. For the first time, for me, and because of the short blade length I used rolling circles to remove most of the metal, along with rolling x-strokes. Doing rolling circles I applied more pressure on the ends and lighter pressure as I rolled through the middle of the blade since it got, 2 to 1 passes more per stroke. Anyway, it was a new one for me. Went through the full progression of Shaptons, and this cpm154 stainless quarter grind was the hardest steel I've ever honed.

Its back to shave ready and measures exactly from spine to edge across the whole blade.

Howard

Didn't want to hit the "Like" button , because you dropped it, but in one incident, all your honing knowledge paid off.
Good job!!

Ohhh man that thing is gorgeous.
I would have had a heart attack.
But you made it perfect,wow.
I have been straight shaving for about a year with straights but have not had the opportunity yet to shave with something like that.

Does that beast shave as good as it looks?

Beautiful.

I see Mr.Lewis makes some awesome blades.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Didn't want to hit the "Like" button , because you dropped it, but in one incident, all your honing knowledge paid off.
Good job!!

I probably gained more knowledge than I applied!! What's that old saying, "Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then" I hate to drop one, but at the same time I learned a few things that I wouldn't have had I not dropped it! Actually turned out to be quite satisfying.

Originally Posted by traps38

Ohhh man that thing is gorgeous.
I would have had a heart attack.
But you made it perfect,wow.
I have been straight shaving for about a year with straights but have not had the opportunity yet to shave with something like that.

Does that beast shave as good as it looks?

Beautiful.

I see Mr.Lewis makes some awesome blades.

It's a sweet razor!! Charlie does some amazing work!! And, yes it does shave great!!

I saw the ding and said ouch....saw your work and smiled. Great job on that repair.

Great honing job on recovering that quite indented ding! The bevel looks superb and even, good work.

Nice recovery Howard

Looks like you did a fine job reviving it. I know my heart would have sank, but in the end it seems all turned out well

Originally Posted by SirStropalot

I probably gained more knowledge than I applied!! What's that old saying, "Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then" I hate to drop one, but at the same time I learned a few things that I wouldn't have had I not dropped it! Actually turned out to be quite satisfying.

yes, but better to learn with an Eboy special than with that.Similar to when my Livi Takeda fell.