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Just got lucky!

I can totally see what you mean vis a vis muscle memory. And considering how well I can see the blade at all times, that's a good thing! The DE experience helps, actually; I've got a decent feel for...

Yup. First paragraph DE, 2nd paragraph SE. No rush, although I like being non-bristly. And that's only going to come about with ATG. Watching geofatboy on YouTube makes it look soooo easy.

I don't know how good I am with DE but I can get it BBS with three passes and just minor stinging from the alum. With two passes no stinging at all. My goal WAS three passes with no stinging but now...

Just did the shave. Worked well. The tip where the chip was was actually very smooth and easy to shave with. WTG and some XTG on the cheeks. First time doing the whole face. Bit stubblier overall...

I did indeed. And read your reply after I'd finished the job, unfortunately. Had fun though!
I thought about using the DMT but figured I'd go with what made sense to me, especially after the honing...

Aaaaand. It's done. Took the McDonald in hand and went from 1000 to 12000. Looks great (haven't tried it for shaving though). And, since the stones were wet anyway ... honed the chip away in the way...

+1 on I can still send it out. That's where I'm leaning right now. It wouldn't be reasonable to ask SRP to fix it as part of the second honing free, I don't think. This wouldn't be a regular honing;...

You know, looking at this closeup, it seems to me that the blade perhaps was made with a touch too much of a squared off aspect - note how there's a lot of bevel showing where the chip is and very...

Non angled pic

Yes, new to straights. Not new to honing; done a fair bit on knives and have made a couple of knives in the past. Honing a straight razor seems, from the vids, to be a reasonably straightforward...

As you can (now) see from the pic, the chip is up on the curvature of the rounded tip. So I was thinking I could hone a new radius up there and leave the straight edge part alone. There'd likely be a...

Pic is up now. Chip is in the toe, not the heel, if I've got my body parts right.
Yep, it has a free second hone. But that means putting off my SE razoring for weeks ...

Got it brand new from SRP and am quite confident the fault is mine. I'd have noticed it if it had come chipped, I'm pretty sure. And I've shaved twice with it and stropped twice. So, somewhere along...

What a goof - didn't attach the pic. Here it is:

Sad face here. As I looked over my new Ralf Aust after my second use and stropping, I noticed a very definite chip. Pic attached. Right in the area that would presumably get use in facial hollows...