Thread: Ding a ling

Possibly not 'restoration' as such, but more like corrective action.

Last night I was careless and gave my straight a 'ding' on the metal taps as I was rinsing it off. I inspected the edge and was pretty pissed off with myself as I saw a slight imperfection under the light on the toe of the blade. Easily discernable with a thumbnail test. Visible to the eye if you're looking for it.

It didn't degrade the shave (even though I use the toe end a lot for upper lip), but obviously I want to put it right.

1. Is this something I can hone out on a Norton combi?
2. Should I hit the 8k first and see if I can hone it out before resorting to 4k?
3. Or should I just try with a coticule first?
4. If honing is the way to correct this, should I hone as if doing the whole blade, or just focus on the toe area?

(I don't possess any other 'tools' like buffers, grinders etc., though I suspect the ding is too minor to require these anyway.)

Thanks for any tips. The simple questions are because I haven't encountred this before and I don't want to take anything on assumption. Especially as its with my favourite blade (Dovo Bismarck 5/8).

Cheers
M.

P.S. Off topic, but I figure while I'm tackling this I'd like to get rid of the water marks on the blade too. In the UK I'm having trouble trying to find Maas. There is a brand of metal polish called Autosol which I was going to try. However, the TI site warns against using this on blades. Anyone tried Autosol polish before with results? (Or, even better, anyone in the EU know where I can buy Maas?)