Thread: Salvageable?

Originally Posted by Clayglen

After a bit of panic. I'm leaning to stained not cracked. We'll see when it arrives.
For the hone, do you think I need to go as far as 600 wet dry? Thanks.

No don't go wet and dry. 1k is fine to fix that blade.

When starting out with this kind of thing, from bitter experience, never start at extremes. Always work your way back that way you won't do something you can't recover from.

Imo a good set of circles ooh the 1k would fix that. Don't be tempted to bread knife, just hone it out.

looking at the other pictures, I do not like the condition at all. Lots of tiny black spots that may be a sign of devils spit .
I would not buy that razor personally.

Hope it's just a chip. You may want to pm chevhead about DD resto's, he has made a few silk purses out of sows ears.

Doesn't look that bad to me.
Hope it's just a chip.

Post pic when it arrives.
Press the blade on your thumbnail at area of incidence. This will confirm or deny crack past chip concern.
If no crack then fix with high angle of incidence hone, not quite a breadknife.
If you think its too much work, return and get out.
I cant call Devils spit from those images.
If anything its a good learning experience.

It seems to be done from what I can see. Hope I am wrong....

Hard to tell from pic but hopefully it's a stain. If it's a huge crack that wasn't disclosed in the eBay add you can get a refund. If it's just chipped you can hone it out on a 1k no problem. It looks to me like a chip and a stain. I like to work chips out with an extra layer of tape so I can use a bit more pressure without widening the bevel.

Just my own way of doing things, but I never use a lot of pressure when honing out a chip. And I also don't pressure the steel to see if a crack may present itself. That's a great way to cause a small crack to run, or to cause one where none existed before.
Having created more problems than pressure has solved, I now err on the side of caution.
Good luck with it!