Thread: Need advice -- micro chips on blade

I recently posted some pics of my light restore of this New England Razor Co. "Barbers' Razor". I am re-posting below. I went to put this razor on the stones and I saw through my 60x magnification many microchips along the edge. Visible in the picture as well. (Sorry I can't get a close up). I thought they would hone out relatively easy. I taped the spine as is my usual practice. I started with my 1k Naniwa stone but realized that it was going to take a long time. I decided to take a pause and seek some advice on the best way to approach this situation. Do I just keep it on the 1K until the chips are gone? I don't have other stones with a lower grit, but was wondering if 800 wet/dry sandpaper would end in disaster or is it an option to remove some metal? I have heard of some who run the edge on some glass to uniformly dull the edge. Is there any merit to this approach? Any and all advice would be welcomed.

You could try two layers of tape to get the chips out and then just back down to one layer when the bevel is clean.

I typically will 'high hone' an edge like that, till chips are gone. Then hone as usual.

If you've never heard the term
high hone, it is to raise the spine completely off the stone, to a high angle around 45°, in a 1000 chosera

I agree with outback. Try his method. I sometimes hone them out on a 200, 300, and 400 diamond hone. It removes the nicks and helps set the bevel at the same time.

Here is more on it

Read the part about the LOWEST angle needed again


http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...l-setting.html

I have used both the two pieces of tape method and the "high hone". Both will work but it will still take an amazingly long time to hone out micro chips relative to what you would have thought.

Personally I steer clear of using my DMT 325 as it is coarse enough to leave a real toothy edge which you have additional work to remove after.

Bob

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Here is more on it

Read the part about the LOWEST angle needed again


http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...l-setting.html

This was a great link thanks. If I read this correctly you are saying use the lowest possible angle to achieve the removal of the microchips...correct? So, some experimentation is required.

You got it

The higher angle the more work to bring it all together... So start low

I sometimes just breadboard it on the side of a hone.
Then, start over. But this is Texas!

This is all very helpful advice, thanks to all. I spent some time last evening on the stones and started with three layers of tape and eventually worked my way down to one layer. As some of you note, it does take a long time and a lot of laps to work out the microchips. I was not able to achieve perfection as there was one very stubborn nick near the toe. I will give the razor a test shave this morning and see how it goes and decide if I need to remove more metal this evening. I will post an update later.