Thread: Damaged Blade

Hello all,
A couple of weeks ago I dropped my razor in the sink and it fell right on the edge. When I picked it up I noticed a small part of the blade was bent! At first I though of bending that section back as straight as I could by heating it up with a torch. What I wound up doing however was taking out the 12k and worked the damaged section as smooth as possible. It is significantly better. It still bothers me to see the small divot that still remains on my once perfect blade.

Torching would defiantly take the temper out of the blade and ruin it. Other then honing it out would be my recommendation.
Post a pic. of the patient.

Bent and on the verge of break. Honing it out is all you can do like the Tarkus man says. Your lucky it didn't crack.
These lessons are hard to forget and will help in the future. Sorry it happened though.

Pictures not so great due to lighting.

+1 on posting a picture

You will probably have to drop down to a lower grit stone to completely get rid of the divot. You could also try the 12k with a heavy slurry to try a get rid of the divot then dilute the slurry until it's clear water.

Thanks for the insanely quick feedback gentlemen.

Truly heartbreaking, but fixable. If it was mine I'd breadknife it out on the DMT and reset the bevel.
Good luck

Yeah that's going to take some time on the stones to restore. Looks pretty deep to me. At least it doesn't bite anymore eh ?

OUCH!

Yep..... What Tarkus said..... breadknife it and reset the bevel......

OR send to someone if ya don't feel comfortable doing the work on it.....

Damn I hope I drop any of my razors (knocks on wood)

Should be able to get that out on a DMT 220, I would think as well, though the bread knifing would insure the new surface was flat.