Thread: i knocked the corner off my razor... advice?

Hi All,
Somehow, I managed to drop my razor the other day while shaving. And though I wasn't hurt... the razor wasn't so lucky. See the pics below for the actual damage.

I realize this is a significant chip (if you can even still call it a chip), and will require a major repair. Since the damage is so significant, and the razor wasn't that expensive to begin with, I'd probably end up paying more to repair it than to just replace it. So, I'm interested in trying it myself. You've got to learn sometime, right?

I have a Norton India fine/coarse combo stone and an Arkansas stone that I've used with great success on kitchen and pocket knives... I've just never done anything more than stropping with straights, though.

My plan would be to try to mute/round the toe with the coarse stone, and eventually work back to hone it w/ the Arkansas. Any thoughts/advice?

Thanks,
~Tyler

There is a thread on here (Looking) that I show exactly how to use a sharpie/magic marker to see what would be the "Safest" grind for tip repairs..

You can use near any type of grinder to do them just so long as you go slow and do NOT overheat the blade...

ps: More pics with a relation to the scales would help


Found it

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...gold-edge.html

Thanks. I'll take a few more pics when I get home today. I was having trouble with the focus on the blade and didn't feel like breaking out the "real" camera.

You could round point that and the blade would only be 1/8 inch shorter.

Originally Posted by eod7

You could round point that and the blade would only be 1/8 inch shorter.

Would a Dremel work for that? I read something on another site about that. They were totally hacking those Gold Dollar razors until they didn't even look the same any more.

Why would anyone want a "barber notch"? Doesn't look like it really has a function and it looks like it would weaken the blade. That's one of the things they do to them, apparently.

Isn't that hardened steel? Like in tools? I know a file can hardly scratch it. Seems like it would just dig up a sharpening stone pretty bad.

Would grinding near the edge mess up the temper? When I try to sharpen tools and knives on a grinder, the steel turns blue and it never holds an edge any more.

I used my dmt and a pseudo-breadknife stroke to fix the toe on a vintage Dovo, it's not quick, but you can be sure you're not heating up the blade.