first ebay win

After 16-17 years of ignoring ebay, I finally decided to see what is was about. Bad move. Like a kid in a candy store. Never been so happy to lose. Even happier when I win. My first winning is a Le Grelot. No idea why I got it. I was actually looking for W&B.

it is 13/16 but will become 6/8 after a restore due to a nick.
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The last picture is from the auction so the nick wasn't a surprise. I plan on buying a 1k, 3k, and 8k hone. Is the 1k hone enough to get out the nick? I don't really want to buy a lower grit than i have to. I don't mind spending the time on honing. I am waiting to get a loupe first before i start honing.

Nice purchase :)

You're heading down a slippery slope you know... I've been in the game 6 months, and if I didn't have access to ebay I'd be a couple of grand better off lol.

I've taken out nicks that small with a coticule (all I had at the time). A fast cutting 1k stone (I keep a King 1k around for just such things) should work fine.

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Originally Posted by lostinhk

After 16-17 years of ignoring ebay, I finally decided to see what is was about. Bad move. Like a kid in a candy store. Never been so happy to lose. Even happier when I win. My first winning is a Le Grelot. No idea why I got it. I was actually looking for W&B.

it is 13/16 but will become 6/8 after a restore due to a nick.
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The last picture is from the auction so the nick wasn't a surprise. I plan on buying a 1k, 3k, and 8k hone. Is the 1k hone enough to get out the nick? I don't really want to buy a lower grit than i have to. I don't mind spending the time on honing. I am waiting to get a loupe first before i start honing.

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A 1k will easily get rid of that nick - it's as minute nick, as in it will take only about a minute to get rid of it.

Welcome to the addiction. An ebay addiction and any AD will have you on a spree.

I would be more concerned with the heel but either way you shouldn't have to remove as much material as you think to get it back to shave ready. You poor, poor, poorer bastard. EvilBay will suck every cent from your bank account now that they have their hooks into you. If I had all the money that I have spent there in the last 10 years, I would be able to retire just on the interest alone.

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Originally Posted by lostinhk

After 16-17 years of ignoring ebay, I finally decided to see what is was about. Bad move. Like a kid in a candy store. Never been so happy to lose. Even happier when I win. My first winning is a Le Grelot. No idea why I got it. I was actually looking for W&B.

it is 13/16 but will become 6/8 after a restore due to a nick.
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The last picture is from the auction so the nick wasn't a surprise. I plan on buying a 1k, 3k, and 8k hone. Is the 1k hone enough to get out the nick? I don't really want to buy a lower grit than i have to. I don't mind spending the time on honing. I am waiting to get a loupe first before i start honing.

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That knick won't cost you a full 1/16. Good looking razor

yeah, after giving it some thought, i think it should remove 1/32. so glad to hear it should remove with little effort. the rest of this razor is in great condition. no rust and only superficial scratches on the blade.

Not sure what you mean by 'removing'. As the knock doesn't look very deep from your photos, I would think that it would come out in regular honing.
I wouldn't 'Breadknife" normal honing and Stropping should do it.

when I first got into straight razors I was so excited I started looking on the bay .. my first razor was a 6/8 boker that had so much hone wear it looked like they used it on a grinder ..lol.. then I decided to read as much info as I could on here .. hhhmmm maybe I should have done that first ..lol..

great find you have there !!!

You can find some good deals on eBay but you have to shop for them. You can also get some junk if you don't look at the pics closely. Sometimes it is hard to spot defects in the pics. You just have to use your better judgment. I have found some good Wade & Butcher deals on there because people just missed them or whatever the situation. Don't get disappointed if you made a bad deal, just shop around a lot more. Their out there, you just have to be really picky.

As Johnus said, don't set out to remove the nick on your 1K. It's pretty tiny. I'm betting after setting the bevel, there isn't much nick left, and if a tiny nick does remain, it's probably not going to interfere with getting a great shave. No need taking off metal if not necessary.

Le Grelots are fantastic shavers-you're gonna love it.

Congradulations. On both your win and your new addiction. You have been warned, I will say it straight forward "Do you research here first." "Go to the library and read, and look at the images of whats in the library." I spent so much money on junk before I started researching . Quality brands, Slim Shady pictures or lack thereof, If you cant see all of a straight or the images aint crispy, you are about to get hustled or use alot of muscle fixing it. Let the fun begin and once again congrats

Looks like a very nice razor. Just a thought, if it is your first, maybe worth sending it for a pro hone from one of the members here.

It isn't my first. I have a large collection I'm just new on here & I have all my own honing stones including Select Coticule. I restore razors & I have a good one to show in a few days. Last night I won a double bladed straight on eBay. I couldn't believe it, I was the only bidder on it but it was late last night. I'll be showing it off plus it will need a new set of bone scales which I do have some bleached white bone here so I will make some new scales for it then show it off again! Thank you anyway!