Thread: what happened to my razor?

Hone that razor and your happy again.
If you look at the patroon of this damage i think its your stropnails make this damage. ( many people said that before me i think)

Originally Posted by deejaykamoe

Youre right. Can i fix this on my 12,000? Im a newbie. How should i go about fixing this? Thanks everyone!

Maybe if it is not too bad. If you have an eye loupe or microscope to inspect as you go that would be a good thing. Anyway, do circles on the 12k if that is all you have. If you're lucky it won't require a lower grit and a progression through the higher grits. Worse case scenario you have to send it out. Bottom line is it can be fixed.

Are you stropping with an x-stroke?

My guess is that you are running along the edge of the strop at the end of your x stroke.

Michael

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

your not listening,you need to start looking at the possibilitys posted above,your blade has damage,it do's not happen from whiskers,nough said.

He's obviously listening and paying attention. The possibilities listed above are not exclusive, and possibilities remain. It certainly didn't result from normal shaving no matter how tough his beard is. It is also possible that his blade is a victim of the TNT. The steel in that area may not be sufficiently robust, it may have been too fine in that area, or an attempt to clean the blade was done in an unfortunate manner. There are many ways for a blade to get deformed, and he has experienced one of them. There is never enough said.

My strop has no nails. Maybe the edge of my strop did it somehow. But i strop lightly and dont know how that would happen. Anyways what matters is how to fix it. Just normal honing will do? How so i get past the chips? Ive never honed chips out

Originally Posted by deejaykamoe

My strop has no nails. Maybe the edge of my strop did it somehow. But i strop lightly and dont know how that would happen. Anyways what matters is how to fix it. Just normal honing will do? How so i get past the chips? Ive never honed chips out

Honing those areas out will just require regular honing. Hone with x-strokes, evenly over the whole edge, until the areas are gone. Those don't look like big chips so I don't think it needs a ton of work.

I've never used a 12k for anything like that but I guess it's worth a shot.


If it doesn't work out I'd be happy to hone the razor for you if you cover shipping.

Michael

Originally Posted by mjsorkin

Honing those areas out will just require regular honing. Hone with x-strokes, evenly over the whole edge, until the areas are gone. Those don't look like big chips so I don't think it needs a ton of work.

I've never used a 12k for anything like that but I guess it's worth a shot.


If it doesn't work out I'd be happy to hone the razor for you if you cover shipping.

Michael

I will give it a shot, hone with pressure? Thanks!

Well that edge definitely touched something harder than your beard thats for sure. No razor appear with those chips just for no reason at all

I would start with light strokes.

What kind of 12k is it? Naniwa?

Michael

Originally Posted by mjsorkin

I would start with light strokes.

What kind of 12k is it? Naniwa?

Michael

At the moment i only have a chinese natural. But a norton 4000/8000 and a nanowa 12000 are on its way