Thread: I nicked my razor

Seriously, you can't give me any DIY advice at all? I've only had it like 2 weeks, I don't want to have to use my free re-honing quite yet.

A pic with the rough spot marked with magic marker would really help, other wise all the guys here are going to err on the side of caution, and keep telling you the exact same advise....

Originally Posted by gssixgun

A pic with the rough spot marked with magic marker would really help, other wise all the guys here are going to err on the side of caution, and keep telling you the exact same advise....

What would be the best way to do that? I tried taking a pic but couldn't quite make it clear. What should I do with the magic marker? It's really small.

Go to the Wiki for advice on getting clear photos:

Category:Photography - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Otherwise, the advice you're getting is sound. If you haven't honed before, have an expert do it. Send it out.

Originally Posted by GaiusValeriusPulcher

Seriously, you can't give me any DIY advice at all? I've only had it like 2 weeks, I don't want to have to use my free re-honing quite yet.

Please, don't bite off your nose just to spite your face.

There is no DIY fix for this. it the nick is bad enough to damage your strop, you need to send it back for honing NOW!

Don't rinse your blade off between strokes. Wipe the lather off on a towel or a tissue or a damp sponge. Only rinse your razor one time after your shave is done and be especially careful to not touch the faucet with your edge.
Namaste,
Morty -_-

Have you got 'macro' on your camera? The setting to take pics of flowers or insects. You cant get to close either otherwise the camera wont focus.

You, will have to get it rehoned. You need to remove metal of the edge with a hone till there are no more jagged bits. But if you can get away with not honeing it for a while, go for it, if you can avoid scratching your strop.

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Just put up some pics in the first post. They were the best I could get, the chip's real tiny.

Since you are asking for DIY advice, I'll share an experience I had that may help you decide what to do.

From your pics, it looks like the ding on your razor is on the very very very tip of the edge, and also the tip profile of your particular razor is a lot more rounded at the top than at the bottom. I had a razor with a similar tip profile, and was getting irritation in the valleys of my neck when I wasn't super careful. So I reground the bottom edge of my tip to be more rounded ie: similar in profile to the top / spine-side curvature. I used a 3" long soft arkansas pocket stone and just honed away the corner using a breadknife type stroke until the tip curvature was a tiny bit more rounded. (Use the edge of the hone since it makes a groove.)

Be careful about rounding the tip profile too much. If the edge starts too far back from the apex of the tip then it's a lot harder to shave hairs growing at the base of the nostrils and to pick up stray hairs in the neck valleys during clean-up passes.

If you are really really really careful you won't touch the actual edge with the stone (I didn't get that lucky even though I tried to be very careful). If you mess up and hit the edge even 1 time lightly, you'll have to rehone the tip - including resetting the bevel if you touched it anything more than super lightly. So you may get lucky and not have to use your free honing certificate yet - but you may have to use it anyways and now not like the new tip profile on top of that...

ps: I'd send it in. I wouldn't look at it as "wasting" your free honing. I'd look at it as getting a "re-do" on making a classic beginner mistake. I also think you are very lucky that the nick is small enough that a standard honing will probably take it out of the edge - since I believe "chip repair" is typically a restoration-type of service that is not included in the standard honing service prices.

What about one of those strop chemicals? Since it's such a small nick I feel like one of those could work. I actually tried it out on the cloth strop and that actually did help quite a bit. What exactly do each of the chemicals do and do you guys think that might work? If it did it would be a pretty cheap, easy solution.

What about one of those strop chemicals? Since it's such a small nick I feel like one of those could work. I actually tried it out on the cloth strop and that actually did help quite a bit. What exactly do each of the chemicals do and do you guys think that might work? If it did it would be a pretty cheap, easy solution.