Thread: How would you fix this sort of crack?

Does not shave yet though, 'im mentally preparing now to start honing again

What I did was the same as with my other razors that had a smile or frown, and I'd have to say I took away a little more steel now than before, but I'm not so sure. I'd post what I did in detail, but I want to verify first if it's worth sharing and if I can get this thing to shave now

I did not cut of the tip though, I thought about it, but the whole edge was seriously attacked by rust, so I had to take that all off. After I had removed that, I noticed I also took out most of the crack, so I took of the extra mm and the entire thing was gone. It did take an hour or two if I'm not mistaking. I also straightened out the scales as good as I could without taking off the pins.

IF I get it to shave, I'll post a good amount of pics to celebrate the save

Exactly 50% of the blade is now shaving, hmm, the top part is giving me a headache for the moment..

mmmm, Cuvée L'hemitage.

Looks, like your doing well, Jan.

If it doesn't work out, you're welcome to send it to me. I have more and better tools to fix that.
Or even better, drop by with the razor and we'll deal with it together.

But it looks like you're managing quite well.
What's with the scales? They look really bended.

Bart.

Hi Bart, thanks for the PM also. I redid the whole thing untill it started cutting hair everywhere. It seems Half a cm of the blade is still not cutting like the rest of it, but the rest is heavenly. I'll fix that half a cm (by doing things all over again) when the blade becomes dull and requires rehoning, because I'm just fine with how it is now.

Well of course, i had to shave with it, and it's great! I highly recommend these Gong razors if they are all such nice shavers. The blade says 'Extra German', but figuring I shaved of that much I take that mine is only 'German' so I wonder what an extra German would have been like It shaved like a dream, which I was not expecting.

Some more pics, I took them in the most horrible and honest lighting available, the bathroom light :O

the thing that worried me from the pics you posted is the pitting in the blade.. It looks to me like you may have a hard time getting an edge that doesn't look like swiss cheese (you could get lucky, but it doesn't look great to me). Lots of those pits are down into the edge and it looks like if you honed them out others would show up.

I'd be really sure to check for microchipping and edge deterioration before putting it to my face... shaving arm hair is a totally different ball-game from being ready for your face.

The edge is very clean, and the crack has been breadknifed out, shaves just fine. The pitting, it's quite exaggerated on the pictures, but yes, I'd like to get that out, but am using them as an excuse to get a Dremel for Christmas... No pitting showing up on the edge though, very smooth. But the thing attracts rust like no tomorrow, I had to dry it all the time between honing or it would make spots right there on the spot!

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

Get your money back from seller or shorten the razor and make new scales.

I would go with option one.

I agree. I had to do the same with a Wade & Butcher. I hated to do it, but a cracked blade is useless.

Edit: Never mind. Since you've altered it, it belongs to you now. Until you polish the blade to a mirror finish, it will continue to rust. That could also indicate the steel isn't as hard as it should be, but I kinda doubt that.

That's what I get for not reading all posts...