Quote Originally Posted by Strikur View Post
I'm renaming this how to ruin a blade! So there I am in the garage, had carefully cut the pins out, was cleaning off the surface rust nicely with a some gentle steel wool, when the damn thing slipped out of my hand and hit the floor. Now there are 2 chips out of the blade, first one is an 1.825 thou.in from the point, the other is 2.070 thou. in. I'm putting carpet in from here on out. So yeah...guess I'm in the market for someone to hone the hell out of the blade for me...
I'm not sure what your setup is (not enough info in your post to tell), but working over or directly on top of a table is a good idea. Over the table helps reduce the drop height; on the table eliminates drops (and gives you a stable work surface). I lay down a paper towel or hard, slick surface (like... on old text book you don't care much about but couldn't get any money for selling - no, I'm not bitter about buying overpriced text books, I swear) - my choice of surface depends on what I'm doing - and work on top of that, holding the razor down by the tang, tail, spine, and/or scales. Gotta play around to see what you're comfortable with. Unfortunately, mistakes are great teachers...