Thread: W&B find. How would you proceed

this is certainly doable, clean it thurowly and rescale it

for the chip I would say, tape the spine to preserve it and happy honing on a coarse DMT in order to get the chip out, it will take some time but you'll have an 7/8th wide blade afterwards, that's plenty of course you'll needs to go through a normal progression afterwards

Definitely fixable. One like it, minus the chip, went on the Bay Sunday for around $150. This would be a good one to send off to one of our expert rebuilders. If you deside to sell it, please PM me.

I haven't even read any of the other responses, but I will give you this advice: Hold on to it until your knowledge and skills advance.

What would I do with it? I would most likely let it continue to enjoy retirement in a drawer as that one big chip will take that razor down to a minimum of a 6/8 razor, then it's nothing special at all like it once was. The geometry will be a bit off as the spine will be thicker than most all 6/8 razors.

To answer your question, it does not matter. The same amount of material has to be removed, if you breadknife or hone at a raised angle.

If you breadknife, do not completely remove the chip. With a diamond plate, remove down to the chip, leaving a bit. Then, complete the removal while bringing the bevels closer together, honing at a high angle, spine off the stone, then tape and set the bevel on a 1k.

Of course it can be honed, should you should do it?

It depends on your skills and tools on hand. If this is your first restore, you may take advice given and wait for more experience or send it out, because of the level of damage and the potential for restoration.

Nice find, welcome to the forum.

With all the information that has been given, you will know that the next razor you find should not have such a significant defect in it. The razor itself is a magnificent find but the problems it brings are a different matter all together.

Thanks for all the answers. I am leaning toward restoring the blade but probably will wait until I get one or two under my belt.