Thread: Crack in edge..

I have several good shavers with similar cracks. I have found that if the blade does not scratch my strop, then it won't hurt my face. There is a risk, though I consider it to be slight.

I have a Wm Elliot that has a similar crack, just a bit closer to the heel. One of my better shavers really. Hones great, doesn't scratch the stones or my strop. Its the razor I bring to wilderness hunting camp; I figure if something happens to it there, I'm not out anything of great value.

Watch it the first few strokes on a stone and see if it does any engraving, if it does, toss it, if not hone away.

Originally Posted by Utopian

I have several good shavers with similar cracks. I have found that if the blade does not scratch my strop, then it won't hurt my face. There is a risk, though I consider it to be slight.

Might there be a chance that whilst shaving and holding the edge under hot running water the crack might expand or shift some what?

That's always a possibility I suppose, but I never let my razors near water.

I've honed over a crack twice and both razors perform well. I tried it as an experiment on the first one (a Kropp 6/8) to see whether the blade would be usable. As Utopian said, if it doesn't scratch the strop it's not likely to scratch you - or catch on a hair - which was my worry. I know this is against good practice and even common sense, but neither of those two razors have bitten me over quite a few shaves.

Thanks for the replies fellas. I guess ill try honing it up and see what happens. If the crack is an issue ill try removing the heel area.

This blade has been giving me fits from the day we met. I bid on it because i really liked the scales. Well guess what was broken when they arrived.. Yup.



My newbie eye also missed the pitting and some very deep sanding marks on the blade.

I sanded this thing for a few hours when i first got it and then got frustrated and threw it in the drawer. The other night something prompted me to say what the heck and hone it up. Then i found the crack..

Gah.

The scales you say are broken, it looks like it's just a matter of gluing the pieces back together. Is it worse than it appears?

No it is not.

The scales were broken like that when i received them. I did glue them but them together but that didn't hold, so i drilled a hole thru the back and pinned them together.

They are now fixed.