Thread: Modified Chip Removel Method!

I received a razor for a simple honing/however there was a very, small chip at the heel!!

I took the lesson that I'd learned when I watched Glen (GSSSIXGUN) show and explain at the NW Meet two years ago and I did a modified version of bread knifing to remove the chip.

Instead of manually holding the razor at an angle I applied 5 layers of electrical tape to the spine. I figured that this would allow some degree of constancy!

YES!! I’m fully aware of how things get ‘squirrelly’ or ‘wiggly’ with that many layers of tape but I wasn’t ‘honing’ I was ‘correcting damage’ to the blade!!!


I used my DMT 325 and changed tape often! I then went to my King 1200 water stone changing tape often until there was just small minuet section showing.


Glen had pointed out that by leaving a bit showing it should be removed when setting the bevel!!

After setting the bevel with one layer of tape and using a 30X loupe I could still see a very, very, very, very small remains of the divot! After honing and a test shave that concentrated on the heel I found that what had remained didn’t seem to affect the shave.

With one more bevel setting it should be long gone, it’s that small!!

I’ve made the owner aware of the small imperfection and with a loupe he can’t find it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I Love the World of Straight Razors!!

Sanfte Rasur, mein Klingenbruder!

(Smooth Shaving My Brother In Blades)