Thread: Is it really that easy to chip a blade?

If yo purchased it from SRD have you contacted them? I would see what they might do since you should be due a honing. Obviously this is a repair not a honing but they are magicians and very nice

if its your only razor save the money and send it to someone to fix, simple refresh is ok for inexperience ,, but I don't know that I would try a repair just yet ,, plus a lot cheaper than a set of hones for one razor ,, just my opinion good luck tc

If you're gonna fix it on your own be prepared to ruin it. You may not make it useless but you'll do some damage so beware. It is hard to hone at first and takes a lot of strokes or a great teacher on hand to get you going right. I would send it out for your second free honing and get a second cheaper razor to practice honing on. A gold dollar razor can even work if you fix the initial problems they generally have.

Here is an update for you guys who helped me. I bought the 1,5,8 and 12K Naniwa stones and after my very first honing I'm very happy with them. I just gave the razor a test shave with good results. Using Lynn's method made it a breeze to put a nice edge back on the blade. I do plan on doing the refresh pyramid tomorrow and using the 12K to give it that nice polish. And yes, I did shave off the 8K not the 12K today with good results. Even though fixing a chip isn't the ideal first time honing situation, thankfully it worked out. Looking forward to helping others in the future. Thanks again guys.