Thread: King cutter chip

Using this eBay boker to try and build skills. It had rust areas with some watermarks (I think). I went to the blade by hand with 240 followed by 400, 600, 800, 1200, 2000 and then 2500. Think I should have started with a higher grade cos I have lots of small scratches still to go. I take it just working away with a 2000/2500 will win out with small scratches in the end? Also what is the best way to deal with that heel chip? Advice welcomed.

IMHO you'd be best to leave it. It's not really in the way. Just make sure you take a very close look at it to make sure there isn't a crack starting there.

When progressing through sandpapers I find it helps to keep change directions with every grit. That way you can tell when the scratches from the last grit are gone. Once you end up in the 1000+ grit range it's very time consuming to try to remove scratches missed from the 220 paper. A lot of patience and close inspections before changing grits is required to ensure you don't have to backtrack.

The heel chip is really not in the shaving-way. You could use an aggressive angle on the heel and hone the area down a little, since that area really does not hold the edge.... But that's really up to you.

As for the scrathes along the edge/bevel, I'd add masking tape (blue) to the blade, so only the scratched are is exposed, and with maas and fiberwheels (tan, grey, purple) I'd dremel with the grind to a higher grit, and then use a jewlers rouge (red) to continue the polish, to Maas and done. Hand sanding can accomplish the same thing, but will take a bit longer.....

C utz

I'm fairly new to restorations, so don't take
this as good advice, but I recently used
180 grit sandpaper to reform a barbers notch.
It was chipped on the bottom and I was
sanding the blade with 180 at the time, so
I just used the sandpaper to re-form the
curve on the bottom of the notch. It came
out perfect. I wouldn't recommend doing
that at this point in your restoration, but while
you're on the lower grit it may be an option.
I'd be interested to see others think about this.

John

heel chips are nasty. you should rid yourself of that evil blade immediately. pm me and i will let you know the address for all bad razors. cut your losses now before you go mad!!!

vgod

Thanks for the advice. I will keep going on this one by hand but I can see the dremel is a tool of necessity pretty soon. I already have one slice in my thumb - be nice to be a bit further back from the sharp bit!

One slice-you're doing good. My hands are
generally a disaster after I get done hand
sanding. So much for the career as a hand
model .

John