Lombard - slight chip

So I got a new razor in the post today it's a lovely Lombard :)

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A little surface rust nothing to deep.

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The biggest condition issue is a little itsy bitsy chip. It should remove just fine though.

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The back is fine

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So onto the hone.....

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Almost gone :) left the tiniest hint of it beind which will come out when sharpening honing instead of restorative.

I'm pretty sure this razor never touched a hone before today. There is no hone wear, no bevel and no little scratches that are to be expected with use. It seems to be brand new, my guess would be dropped on first use. Except for the scales though, the scale is lose, poorly pinned at the toe and seems a little large for the blade. There is quite a gap between the blade and the space, it is a little puzzling. My guess is someone got this and damaged the scale before it was used, maybe even an early plastic stored away that degraded. Someone has then tried to replace the scales, got part way through dropped and chipped the razor and gave up. Just a guess.

What ever the story is on this one it has ended with me getting it off ebay for the princely sum of a penny! Yes one whole new shiny penny. :) I either have a nice display razor or, as I suspect when I try to sharpen an amazing deal on a superb little shaver. I hope it's the latter, but for a penny a razor I wanted to buy to practice restorative techniques, looks like an amazing find.

I'll keep pictures of the restore coming.

Any comments or suggestions on my thoughts are welcomed

Wow. Not what I would call a little chip. Looks like you had to remove a lot of steel to get rid of it. You will have to tell us how it shaves when you get it honed

Lol yeah a touch of sarcasm from me, sorry. It was a lot of steel to remove. Early signs on the hone are not great, I will keep at it but it feels as though the metal might be just too thick now, if that makes sense

Yea, I can understand that the blade may feel too thick now. You took a lot of metal off the blade without corresponding wear to the spine so the normal blade width to spine width ratio is likely not there any more. You may need to use more than one layer of tape to get a good bevel angle. One thing for sure, you have more patience than I do.

Bob

Yeah well need to spend time following the method in Glenn's bread knife series of vids. I'm sure it will be salvaged