Nice work. Don't get too hung up on spoiling a 'mint' blade. After a year or so in the rotation it won't, by definition, be 'mint' anyway and it sounds like you have a keeper.
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You did a really nice job though. It still looks nice. You can only tell because you did it..It's like building your own furniture...You notice the flaws no one else sees.
thats a shame , I gotta wedge with a 1/4 inch hairline in the same place , yes extremly hard to see with the naked eye I noticed it glassing the edge while honing , yep ebay special ...hehe ! but I dont blame the seller as it was virtually impossible to see just a bay gamble ya gotta take . And you done an awesome job on the repair an should be proud its a very nice razor weldone
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I agree with the other guys, if you hadn't disclosed the broken toe, I wouldn't have known it with the "finished" pictures. Great save and good job!