Thread: broke razor by sanding to much

Been sanding a soligen razor I got from ebay trying to get all the pitting off when a section about 2/3 the length of the edge broke off. The razor is now totally dead.

I have a couple more which I am going to try and restore but before I do the same thing again, how important is it to remove all the pitting?

Bummer. Full hollows are definitely more delicate than stiffer grinds.

Sanding out pits are as important or unimportant as you want them to be. If your goal is something less than restoring the razor to as close as original as you can, pits are an aesthetic issue only. Significant pitting in the shaving edge area? That's a whole other potential problem.

Chris L

I personally would rather live with the pitting than change the geometry of hollow ground blades but I have sanded down wedges I purchased that had rust. Hard to pass up a 7/8s WB and other brands for under $15. I did try to sand down one hollow blade because the whole surface looked like orange peal. I got the same result you did. Blade just broke apart. That is the last hollow I try tp remove pits from unless its to hone them off the edge.

Very sorry to hear about your razor..... but for the benefit of others could you describe the technique you were using when you broke the razor??????

i can tell what happened on one of mine. i was sanding using a finger block to assist me. i usually sand right on my worktop. this day i had 3 shop rags under the blade. when i applied pressure on the edge right in the middle of the blade, i put a break in the edge about 3/16 inch p toward the spine. since i was on the rags and not the worktop, the edge flexed and broke. so if i wanted to fix, i would need to hone/grind off that much. that blade is not worth the trouble or effort, but lessoned learned.

vgod

I have great respect for you guys that bring back pitted full and extra hollows. I know Gary aka Traveller has said that most often he tosses those rather than restores them.

My experiences, although not extensive at this point in hand sanding full hollows has been bad as well. I have not broken a blade, but I found on one that all the repeated pressure (even though it was light) of hand sanding made a blade that laid flat on the hones prior to hand sanding very un-flat and a disappointing blade to hone.

Chris L