Thread: My first razor damage!

My razors never get wet beyond the moisture in the shave soap, I wipe the soap and whiskers off onto a DRY cloth and never rinse the blade. You will rarely remove all of the water from the blade , especially that around the pivot,
I agree with the others who have suggested that you get it honed, the ding needs to be removed.

Originally Posted by Scorpius010

This is the Digitec USB microscope I use, I bought it from a local dealer in Australia for about $100 AU ($80 US). I have seen them a bit cheaper but I wanted the 5 MP camera for better clarity. I have seen many brands of USB camera with the same 5MP ability for as much as $350 AU but I doubt the quality would be much different. I am also using an Apple Mac computer which gives excellent photographic management results through Aperture or even the iPhoto that comes with the computer.

I love the stand. Is it as solid as it looks ?
Not too many scopes are Mac compatible. You running 10.10. ?

Cancelling all bids and going scope shopping. Hope it works without mac stuff. I have 2 graphic cards duct taped together and that might do okay :<0)

Yes the stand is very solid, I was surprised at how heavy it is for its size. The whole construction is very good for the price. Also, yes I run the latest version of firmware on both my Macbook pro and my desktop.

The scope software works fine with both the mac and windows. I have run it on my windows emulation on the mac.

I thought about getting one at first but backed down for now as I have more important things going.

If you use a hone try an 8000 grit it should comes off easy been there before and came out greatthanks

I actually did (almost) the same thing to my MK32 Heljestrand last week... Thank god it didnt chip, but it did dent it like the OP's. I took it to my thuri for a quick few laps and its almost all out, but it still needs a bit more. Soooooo, as I have a cpl weeks off now, Ill probably pulling out the stones to touch a few up and hone a cpl others, in addition to making a cpls sets of scales. 1 for a buddy who (coincidentally enough dropped his as well) busted his scales, one I have that needs new ones anyway and for a cpl other loose blades i have sitting around.

Everything I have seen highly magnified has scared hellouta me! I will stick to 5X and shave away. YMMV