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    Default Tiny nick in the blade/

    Dubl Duck Special #1 have a tiny nick in the end of the blade its very sharp and I cant feel the nick. What should I do get it hone out? Or keep shaving till i need to get it honed? I dont have a hone or know how to use one.

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    If you have a nick in the edge it will affect your shave and should be honed out.

    Take a look in the member services in the classifieds, there a several members offering honing service.

    Where are you located? It might be there is a member living close by that can help you out.
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    Can you see it with the naked eye ? Is it in a part of the blade that contacts your face/neck ? I've got one that came to me shave ready with a micro chip and I live with it. It is S-30V steel and harder than hell. Honing it out would be a chore I'd rather wait on until the overall blade requires honing. So IMHO it is better not to have a chip but if it is shaving alright, and you don't want to mess with it ..... optional. If I can see it with the naked eye, not only with magnification, or if it effects the shave, I would hone it out.

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    you really have to move the razor to see it. I am in Northern VA USA.

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    If you don't know how to hone don't practice on the DD. You will probably do more damage than good. if the chip is small and it does not affect shaving I would let it be until the razor needs honing.

    Also trying to describe chips by "can you see it" doesn't mean much since your vision affects that too. It should be by how many mm deep and across.
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    Its about the thickness of 2 hairs.

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    Like TBS said, if it doesn't effect the shave leave it go until it needs honing.

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