What to do with this?

[dakotaev]

Pretty beat up edge.

1) Save it for another day?
2) Throw it away?
3) Restore and PIF it?

What do you guys think?

 

[Legion]

That's the last time I lend my razor to Superman.

 

[joshua82]

Looks like you got a new breadknife.

 

[life2short1971]

Keep the scales and toss the blade would be my thought.

 

[Hair apparent]

Just a little bit of filework and you could have a nice comb

 

[dakotaev]

Well it took awhile and its not quite done, but now its just a tad over 9/16ths which is still a respectable size. It's going to FOREVER to set a bevel on this though.

Kinda funny, the pivot hole looks like a screwup at the factory.

 

[Ferris]

Nicely done. I will think twice now about throwing a blade away.

 

[life2short1971]

Thats when a DMT really shines and proves its worth. Mine is worn out from too many hard stones I found out while doing the nearly the same bevel reset.It is the first time I actually try to use on razor. Oh well. I guess its time for a new one after 3 months of hard stone lappings.

 

[skipnord]

This would have made more sense earlier in this thread, but the first thing I noticed was there was very little spine wear - this would have been my clue to restore the edge.

 

[dakotaev]

Thats when a DMT really shines and proves its worth. Mine is worn out from too many hard stones I found out while doing the nearly the same bevel reset.It is the first time I actually try to use on razor. Oh well. I guess its time for a new one after 3 months of hard stone lappings.

Thanks, it may be time for me to invest in a DMT. Based on my previous attempts similar to this i estimate it would take me a few hours to get a bevel on this with my Norton 1K.

 

[life2short1971]

Thanks, it may be time for me to invest in a DMT. Based on my previous attempts similar to this i estimate it would take me a few hours to get a bevel on this with my Norton 1K.

Agreed and longer if its a less than full hollow.

 

[Munxcub]

You could always get some wet/dry paper on a piece of glass. I've done that before I had my DMT to remove some chips and set a bevel.

 

[Drybonz]

Thanks, it may be time for me to invest in a DMT. Based on my previous attempts similar to this i estimate it would take me a few hours to get a bevel on this with my Norton 1K.

It's a great investment... and they are not expensive. If you get a 200/600 you can really speed up the bevel setting and you can take it to your Norton 1k after that if you like too.

 

[Joe Edson]

Well it took awhile and its not quite done, but now its just a tad over 9/16ths which is still a respectable size. It's going to FOREVER to set a bevel on this though.

Kinda funny, the pivot hole looks like a screwup at the factory.

If you don't have a low grit synthetic, what I do when I have to remove chips like that (that I'm assuming you bread knifed) is to angle the razor with the spine slightly lifted and work it on some 150-220 grit sandpaper on a flat surface. That will begin the bevel and make it much easier to set the bevel when you go to your 1K (or whatever you use as a bevel setter).