Thread: Crack in blade - restorable??

You won't be able to repair it. Your only hope would be to grind it out to stop it spreading. I've done one & incorporated into a thumbnotch, but how it ends up is governed by the crack itself really.
Here's mine.

Nice Repair Ben !!!

That is about as good as it gets really, you can grind from the heel, you can shorten the toe, or you can grind from the edge....

But if you cant grind a crack out the razor is shot...

Thanks Glen. Nathan (ndw76) sent me that to see what i could do with it. It'll be a good looker when i get round to it!

If you do decide to grind it, be very, very cautious with heat build up.

Thanks guys,

Looks like the main option is to shorten the blade - which means removing an inch from the toe.

I think I'll clean the blade up and oil it, then put it aside until the restoring / modifying bug bites me!

(Sorry I couldn't do any pictures - just couldn't work out how to get the angles and light right... maybe there's a post somewhere on tips for photographing razors??)

BTW - like your repair Ben, looks good!

One more thing - what do you use for grinding? Angle / Bench grinder seems a bit violent.

I will lock a dremel in a vise and use a grinding stone or cutoff wheel at slow speeds. Be sure to keep the blade cool and cut/grind from the edge towards the spine.

Thank you. For some reason, when i read toe in your first post, my brain read it as heel! That's a lot of shortening, but you may make a useful blade of it.
I've not had to cut the end off a blade yet, but i used a belt sander with a sharp, fresh belt for that. I'll defer to a more knowledgeable source rather than make a suggestion on how to chop it. Whatever you do, it's imperative to keep it cool.
I wonder how it would work to freeze it in a narrow glass of water, then cut right through the ice & blade together? Not suggesting you do it, but i may have a go myself sometime!

Ben, I want to watch this! As the blade heats, the ice next to the blade thaws leaving room for the chunk of ice to vibrate up and down the length of the blade and.....

Ok Ok, i said i wasn't recommending it, just thinking out loud!
How about a bigger chunk of ice then..............?
No. It was a silly idea & it's passed now.