Thread: Micro pitting, how much is too much?

Shave ready to me means that it shaves comfortably. Or at worst is 4 swipes or less from a barber's hone away from shaving comfortably.

That said, I don't expect any vintage razor I pickup to be shave ready. The only way you're getting a NEW razor that's shave ready is through Mastro Livi or a vendor like SRD that's both knowledgeable and skilled enough to hone them properly before sending them out. Used razor? Maybe if it were a Whipped Dog, or sold through the classifieds here.

Ebay? I'm not chancing it. That razor is getting honed by my hands before it touches my face.

The pitting condition that yours is in? I probably wouldn't even contact the seller unless it was a "fully restored, shave ready" razor that I paid a good chunk of change for. One good sharpening session and the pitting that's of concern is as good as gone. You'd probably literally spend more time haggling and arguing than it would take to hone it out.

If I could show you a picture of what the wedge I bought last year looked like at 500x magnification you'd have nightmares.

Too much magnification is not always a good thing!
Good shaves, shiny bevels, and ignorance is bliss!

Originally Posted by Marshal

The pitting condition that yours is in? I probably wouldn't even contact the seller unless it was a "fully restored, shave ready" razor that I paid a good chunk of change for. One good sharpening session and the pitting that's of concern is as good as gone. You'd probably literally spend more time haggling and arguing than it would take to hone it out.

Once again, i'm not interested in return or contact the vendor... i agree with you... many vintage razors are just a gamble... and in fact you xan consider lucky if you get a good one from ebay... but you guys have to agree this is a great controversial topic ☺☺☺☺



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“uhhh it was not in a good condition.. to be honest i think someone sanded this horizontally on a couple of sports with sand paper.. maybe 1000 or 1200 to remove one stain or two...
but worst part is that the honed it unevenly for a long time”.

That makes sense.

So, just to be clear, you are not doing a garden variety honing, you are doing a repair. A completely different set of expectations. You would not take a rusty car, give it a light scuffing and spray a new coat of paint, expecting a pristine finish paint job.

Once repaired, then it can be honed normally, if the steel will handle it.

On an abused blade, you can expect some damage at the edge from weakened steel. In your case, the bevel was most probably never “fully” set.

This is not a shave ready edge.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

“uhhh it was not in a good condition.. to be honest i think someone sanded this horizontally on a couple of sports with sand paper.. maybe 1000 or 1200 to remove one stain or two...
but worst part is that the honed it unevenly for a long time”.

That makes sense.

So, just to be clear, you are not doing a garden variety honing, you are doing a repair. A completely different set of expectations. You would not take a rusty car, give it a light scuffing and spray a new coat of paint, expecting a pristine finish paint job.

Once repaired, then it can be honed normally, if the steel will handle it.

On an abused blade, you can expect some damage at the edge from weakened steel. In your case, the bevel was most probably never “fully” set.

This is not a shave ready edge.

Well....Ray Charles could have seen this! Without magnification, I suppose?
Discuss!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Well....Ray Charles could have seen this! Without magnification, I suppose?
Discuss!

You've got to admit... as a learning ptpject it is very interesting and educational!! [emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23]

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Originally Posted by gabrielcr78

You've got to admit... as a learning ptpject it is very interesting and educational!! [emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23]

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I think you can get through it. Keep it off the buffer. Just spreads otherwise innocent little pits.
Good meat a ways away. Might lose some blade width?

So, if the horizontal stria, from hand sanding, the bevel was never fully set, the bevel was never flat and honed to the edge.

Joint the edge on a 1k and reset it, see if you can get a pit free edge and an edge that will hold.

Look at another currently running thread. (Ding near toe... go right to the 1K?)

Look at post 29, and a 1k edge from Job15, that is what you want at 1k

Keep lightly jointing the edge and resetting until you get a straight edge pit free.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

So, if the horizontal stria, from hand sanding, the bevel was never fully set, the bevel was never flat and honed to the edge.

Joint the edge on a 1k and reset it, see if you can get a pit free edge and an edge that will hold.

Look at another currently running thread. (Ding near toe... go right to the 1K?)

Look at post 29, and a 1k edge from Job15, that is what you want at 1k

Keep lightly jointing the edge and resetting until you get a straight edge pit free.

Thanks man!!!! I'll do that and report back!!

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