Thread: I ruined it! Please Help me!

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Slur , how did you go with keeping the front (omote) hollow ?

Omote (no letters) is called “back” if I am not mistaken, not “front”, but I see that Jin calls Omote front side, so I am not sure which is front and back so I will use the Japanese termns. In the omote part of the blade I did the most of the work. In the pics you will see that the edges of the hollow curve (not the cutting edge) were reduced in order to permit to the new cutting edge of the razor to touch the hone as was the case with the old edge before the incident. Remodel this curve was essentially to create a new edge, because after breadknifing the razor, the new edge had to be created with the blade of approximately 3mm sorter and the new edge was not touching the hone, so big part of the eliminated metal was from the edges of the curve of the omote side, which is actually soft metal as Jim demonstrated (jigane). By doing this, the hollow curve was reduced a little but it was maintained. The same counts for the small hallow part of the ura side, which was reduced a little by breadkniging but it was also maintained. I don’t see that as a problem. As the whole blade became 3mm shorten, all parts of its structure had to be reduced.

Originally Posted by mainaman

Oz,
I think it comes down to the size of the razor the small ones probably will not be good to fix that way, but the bigger size has enough hollow to allow for fixing a big chip.

Even if this razor was not considered a big one, it was approximately 5/8, it still had enough hollow for fixing the chip. Fortunately, the chip was not big.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Yes, I did a small one that needed the omote hollow eased a little. Just wondered how much he ground off. Only showed the ura pic post repair.

The reason I didn’t show the omote was that I am not able toget any quality photos from my cell phone and the omote part of the kamisori reflects badly the light.
However, it is absolutely necessary to show the omote side as the major part of the work was done there.
Once again, I am really sorry about the quality of the photos. I really can’t get anything better.


In the following images you see the omote side of my kamisori. Note that the hollow curve has been reduced significantly, but it is still maintained. Note the hollow curve edges that I had to reduce.

Slur,
Omote is the side with no kanji , it is also refereed to as the face of the kamisori.
Ura is the side with kanji and is also referred to as the back of the razor.

Originally Posted by mainaman

Slur,
Omote is the side with no kanji , it is also refereed to as the face of the kamisori.
Ura is the side with kanji and is also referred to as the back of the razor.

Ok, thanks. Now it is clear.
Omote=front
Ura=back

Thanx for the pics Slur. A bit blurry but looks like you did ok with the restoration

Yep. Ura is back in Japanese & omote is front. Took me ages to remember which is which

I just shaved with it and I am very satisfied. Very smooth, very deep, as it was before the incident. It remains an excellent shaver.
If I notice any problems in future shaves I will post them here.
Thank you all once again!