Thread: Because its never too far gone!

You're getting there it seems. Keep the pics coming!

I have faith it'll get there too. I do the same thing to rusted down old camping lanterns, or stoves....

Anybody have any thoughts or advice on how to proceed from here? How best to minimize the "shiny pits" syndrome?

Hi all,

I'm a little curious about honing. Not honing in the sense of restoring damaged blades and using a progression of upteen different stones, but just something for touching up--perhaps like CrOx and diamond spray, or maybe a little more than that. If I were to invest in one stone--one stone only--which one would you recommend and why?

Regards,
Andrea

In the wrong place, but get a norton 4/8k and a strop with CrOx. You could invest in tons of options, but that is pretty much all you would need to refresh a blade. the other option is to get a nice barbers hone and the CrOx strop.

good luck

Originally Posted by AndreaBianchi

Hi all,

I'm a little curious about honing. Not honing in the sense of restoring damaged blades and using a progression of upteen different stones, but just something for touching up--perhaps like CrOx and diamond spray, or maybe a little more than that. If I were to invest in one stone--one stone only--which one would you recommend and why?

Regards,
Andrea

If it were my project, at this point in the process I would try to set a bevel on it. Use some sort of magnifications device and make sure I had enough pitless steel on the edge to set a solid bevel. If I could set the bevel ok I would keep sanding to the point where I was as far as I could go without changing the grind of the razor. Polish it up. Hone it up and enjoy. Honestly I would have told myself before the project started that I would be ok with pitting as long as the edge was good. Anything better would be a pleasant surprise.

Lookin good bro! Keep us posted.

+10 on the above
Don't spend tons of time on a blade if you can't set a bevel. Been there done that!#@^@^#^

There looks like there is some pretty decent pitting right down in the cutting edge. This might be a show stopper in terms of making thus into a good shaver. As the other guys said, have a go at setting the bevel and see how bad the pitting is.

Good luck.

Stu

Progress report. a bone numbing amount of honing later, its still not quite there, but it IS close. and I do believe the last pitting will be cleared with just a bit more.

Looks good.