Thread: Oops... I dropped it!

Originally Posted by JoelLewicki

This is interesting. I would be surprised if it is only some adhesive. looks like a bit of a chink to me IMHO. Was it there before the drop?

I remember with one of my first I was rinsing it off under the faucet and ever so lightly it touched the bottom of the faucet and put a nice *terrible* burr on the edge.

I didn't look, but I very much doubt it...

This was fresh out of the box (before I dropped it) from Lynn Abrams.

I'll put it down to part of my "learning curve"...

That's why we get a less expensive one first, right?

Did it mark up the strop at all? If that mark was from the strop it should have left a mark on it. Try cleaning that spot off with some WD 40 it might just be adhesive or dirt. Good luck.

You might want to read some of the reviews before you use it.

It is polishing compound, it is not Chrome Oxide, which is why they call it “Green Polishing Compound”, who knows what is in it, they don’t tell you.

You can buy pure, Razor quality Chrome Oxide from SRD for about the price of this polishing compound, a life time supply.

It might polish out a particular, small chip, but generally these polishing compounds are too aggressive and leave a harsh chippy edge, that must be honed or stropped smooth on… pure Chrome Oxide. So it may remove one, but leave others.

How or what it will take to remove a chip, depend on the size of the chip.

In the photos, I see what looks like a chip in the center of the photos.

Look straight down on the edge, if you see any shiny reflections, those are chips.

Here is a video of using that method.

Or run the tip of a Q-Tip just the cotton along the edge, it there is any snagging, you have a chip.

Which USB scope are you using? You should be able to get a much higher magnification from a USB scope.

Don'f feel bad, this is a common issue with new shavers, a goose neck facet will remove it from the danger zone.

It looks like a chip to me but try cleaning the edge and see if the the spot removes and the bevel is intact. If so, try shaving. I would run a very light stream of water on the edge after cleaning and see if it reacts to the bump or lack of.

With my background in physics, I have mostly been using tests that involve light reflection.

After the third day of stropping, I don't see any indications of whatever it was...
Guess I lucked out!

How does it shave? That is all that counts.

If it is not scratching, you lucked out.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

How does it shave? That is all that counts.

If it is not scratching, you lucked out.

No scratching, same drag all the way across the surface of the blade.
If I want to be technically correct, that should be: "bevel of the blade", right?

Yes, bevel.

I meant, not scratching your face.

I have a throw rug by my sink in my bathroom just in case. The one place I did drop a razor was when I was honing it. Putting my stones away and heard the razor hit the floor I knew it was bad news. Put a nice nick on the blade edge which took some serious honing to correct. I now have a rubber mat on the floor by my work station. I also have a towel by the sink just to protect the razor when I put it down.