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    Hi all, this is my first post here, sorry to be asking for help rather than contributing.
    I am a beginner and therefore have more questions than answers.

    Anyways, I have two very small chips out of my straight edge razor. I think they came about from continuing to use a pretty chopped up strop which was qutie uneven.

    http://i.imgur.com/98SPv.jpg <- first picture of the ding
    http://i.imgur.com/tz6fY.jpg <- second picture of the ding
    http://i.imgur.com/KfdOv.jpg <- the culprit

    The chips aren't big, one can barely see from the poor pictures I took with my phone, but they have to be corrected none the less.

    Any tips on how to do it, and what I need? i currently have zero hones. I have a strop which is only good for ruining razors and a balsa board with some green and red paste on it.

    thanks in advance

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    Is not so bad, the best way is to send to someone near to you for hone on stones, if you like do from yourself you have to buy a honestone.
    And I think is time to buy a new strop, really .

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    1.) The pics suck
    2.) I have never tried to take out a chip without a hone
    3.) They look tiny so you might try the balsa first
    4.) You are probably either going to need to learn to hone or send it out
    5.) The guys who hone are here

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    6.) You need a new strop or a Pumice stone/Sandpaper and some work on the old one
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    your best bet will be to send them out for honing. You dont want to learn on the fly with a beloved razor. Better to practice on Ebay specials. What you will need in the future is a 700-1000 grit stone to re set the bevel a 4k 8k and should you want it a 12k+
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    Thanks for the link to the honers. A guy who lives in Oslo, wow, what are the odds of that. Awesome.

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    Nice, the odds were quite high there are a ton of SR guys there and they can give you some more advice too about where to get stuff in Norway..

    BTW welcome to SRP and ask as many questions as you want that is what this place is all about

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    thanks, I got introduced to SR's by reddit.com/r/wicked_edge
    Cool that there is a much bigger community on this site, specifically interested in SRs.

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    If Oslo rings a familiar bell, feel free to PM me
    Perhaps you'd like to come to over to my place, and I'll help you with the ding, and we could do a little honing instructions as well.
    No charge of course, only glad to help a fellow straight shaver
    I might even have a stone or two you could borrow to practice a little with.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Birnando View Post
    If Oslo rings a familiar bell, feel free to PM me
    Perhaps you'd like to come to over to my place, and I'll help you with the ding, and we could do a little honing instructions as well.
    No charge of course, only glad to help a fellow straight shaver
    I might even have a stone or two you could borrow to practice a little with.
    Sounds awesome! I sent you a PM.
    I live in Tønsberg, but I travel to Oslo pretty frequently. I'll check my schedule and see what I can work out
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    Good to see the 'Brotherhood of the Blade' coming to the fore again.
    No wonder this is such a great site.
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