Thread: Need advice for a "refresh"

Hello guys,

A colleague of mine just brought me his Dovo Bismark for a "refresh" after about 6 months of use. A couple weeks ago, he said it wasn't sharp enough anymore...
I was only expecting to have to do a quick refresh on the 12k or, at worst, go back to the 8k... Joke's on me I guess...

Yes, that is a nasty looking edge/bevel. There's also quite a bit of rust spots around the blade and at the pivot.

I don't plan on doing any kind of rust removal on the blade as I am far from having that kind of skills. I'll tell him to just send it out to a pro to get the whole thing cleaned up.
In the mean time, my plan was to try a simple bevel reset on the 1k, which should take care of the rust on that part of the blade, and go up to 12k (my set is Naniwa 1/3/8/12), but then, while writing this, I just noticed the edge as a slight smile... that might be too much for my current level of honing skills, I'm still at the grasshopper rank.

Any advice other than to yell at him for not taking proper care of his razor?

Cheers.