Thread: Banged my Blade: Is this Repairable?

Hi guys,

I am a newbie to straight razor shaving, although I'm no stranger to wet shaving since I have been shaving with a DE since 3 years. I decided recently to jump into the final and ultimate art of shaving by buying a Dovo Astrale from Lynn, as well as a one of his English Bridle strops.

So I have been shaving every day with my brand new Astrale since a week, stropping it before the shave, and I just love straight shaving. So far so good. But I had a little accident this morning: while I was rinsing the blade between two passes, I banged the blade on the faucet What a noob I am...I did not do a close inspection of the blade and thought I was OK and finished my shave without really any problems. It's only after I cleaned it and dried the blade that I noticed a visible dent on the edge, near the round point. You can see it on the pictures below. I can also feel it with my nail when I pass over it.

So my question to you guys:

1) Is this repairable with a good honing or this is a serious problem?
2) I was actually about to buy either a 4000/8000 Norton stone, or a Naniwa 3000/8000 combo stone. Would careful honing on any of these stones correct this dent in the blade? If not, what would be required?

Thanks for your guidance guys. I am a bit discouraged now, what a shame...