Thread: The nick that made a man go crazy

I stopped in an antique store and saw a beautiful C.V. Heljestrand razor that seem perfect in every way except one (zero hone wear). It had a triangular nick out of the blade about 1/16" deep and maybe a 32nd of an inch wide at bottom to the point (towards the spine of the razor). I decided to pass on the razor not knowing the amount of work to bring the blade to shave ready. Was this a rational decision? Because now I am feeling slightly crazy.

Without pics it is hard to say, but it sounds like this would have been fixable without too much effort.
Of course, it depends a bit on the width of the razor. Taking 1/16 off a 6/8 razor has very little impact, but taking 1/16 out of a 4/8 razor is a different story of course.

Right, I think it was and 11/16 razor. The Razor was inexpensive....It had that curved tang which seems to sit perfectly in your thumb...thanks for the answer even though it was the one I was afraid of.

Originally Posted by Bruno

Without pics it is hard to say, but it sounds like this would have been fixable without too much effort.
Of course, it depends a bit on the width of the razor. Taking 1/16 off a 6/8 razor has very little impact, but taking 1/16 out of a 4/8 razor is a different story of course.

I would have honed it, left the nick in it and gone for a bit of a stripey shave. That seems to be all the rage these days.

Only if it was crazy cheap.

I bought a dubl duck goldedge, cheap, that was like this that I guess everyone was avoiding, honed out the nick, and it's fine. No one will know if you don't tell them.

Won't get into numbers but it rhymed with 41.

Originally Posted by eod7

Only if it was crazy cheap.