Thread: Is this razor salvageable?

Had the tragic drop on the sink... can it be fixed doctor?

If you are talking about the nick toward the heel of the edge, you bet. :lol: Lynn.

Thank you Lynn!

I'm pretty new to honing and I had one recently that had a much deeper nick (about 1 mm). I worked on it with a Norton 4/8 and it came out beautiful. I did most of it by using circular strokes like Lynn recommends. But, honestly, I think the 4/8 stone was too fine for the job. I did a lot of strokes and it took a long time.

Originally Posted by Anonymous

Had the tragic drop on the sink... can it be fixed doctor?

I like a medium diamond hone for this type of work. To take out a nick like that, what works best for me is to just "grind" the blade down with the diamond hone until the nick is gone. You'll have a completely blunt edge, of course, but you'll have the proper geometry to start over. Then I re-establish the bevel with the diamond hone and start moving up to higher grit sizes as usual once that's established.

What is the grit of those hones? The 4K is fairly slow for this but a !K would work quickly. I think a medium diamond hone might be too coarse. If you use a hone that's too coarse you increase your work because you need to smooth out the scratches that stone leaves.

Originally Posted by PapaBull

I like a medium diamond hone for this type of work. To take out a nick like that, what works best for me is to just "grind" the blade down with the diamond hone until the nick is gone. You'll have a completely blunt edge, of course, but you'll have the proper geometry to start over. Then I re-establish the bevel with the diamond hone and start moving up to higher grit sizes as usual once that's established.

I would use a 800 or 1000 grit hone to remove the nick and establish a new bevel.
A 4000 would work but it would be very slow.

Just my two cents,