Chipped edge

[penn1313]

I am in the middle of my first restore. It's a blade I got off the bay and during my initial polishing I noticed two very small chips in the edge. My question is how do I fix this? Do I hone it on a 220 stone to even out the edge before moving to the 1000 to set the bevel? That's really all I've got right now. Am I thinking right here, or should I go another route?

Penn

 

[Chaloney]

The 220 will take out the chips faster but can leave some deep scratches to be removed with the 1k. Doing it all on 1k will take longer than 220 but no deep scratches, ready to move on with honing. It's a trade off

 

[Soldierdan]

The 220 will take out the chips faster but can leave some deep scratches to be removed with the 1k. Doing it all on 1k will take longer than 220 but no deep scratches, ready to move on with honing. It's a trade off

+1 Dependent on the size of the chips, it could be more worth the time on a 1K to bread knife them out. If they're small enough, using a 220 would take longer due to the time required to get the scratches out. Do you have any pictures?

 

[buca3152]

You could tape the spine and hone most of the chips out on the 220. Then remove the tape and finish setting it on the 1k. The tape will keep the scratches out of the new bevel as the angle will change when you take the tape off. Or you could hone 45 degrees spine off the hone til theyre almost gone on the 1k, then finish setting on it.

 

[blackhhawk]

If they're small just set your bevel on the 1k. By the time the bevel is set I'm sure the chips will be honed out. I wouldn't go down to 220. Way too rough. Unless you had some serious steel to remove I would stay away from that.

 

[eaterofdog]

220 tends to microchip any relatively hard razor steel. A soft Sheffield might be OK, but a Torrey will chip like crazy.

 

[penn1313]

This is the best pic I could muster with my phone. The two little chips show up right middle on the edge of the blade. They really don't look that bad so I think I will give it a go on the 1000 and see where I end up. Hopefully I can finish polishing tomorrow and get it on the hone so I can post my results. Fingers crossed!

Penn

 

[SliceOfLife]

What magnification is that? Basically if it's anything less than 100x, a chip that size, I'd work out with 220grit. It'd come out with a finer stone, but it will take a lot longer. I've removed chips with Washita's, coticules, hell even an 8k for the hell of it. But basically I'd use the coarsest stone you have.

 

[ScottinAZ]

Ive removed some pretty gnarly chips. Personally, I go with a coarse paper to remove the chips, and then reset the bevel with 400 or 1k grit paper. Finish on a hard arkansas and pastes.

 

[Gamma]

I've used a 220 Norton to take out a lot of chips without issues plenty of times on all types of steel.
These days I use a 400x when the chip is bad - like, bad enough for me to need to take off steel up to the top of the bevel.
Minor chips - I use an 800x. W/D paper can work - but the particles aren't that consistent, the resulting scratches are all over the place. For fast removal of lots of steel - A DMT 220/325x will work but I'd still rather go with the less harsh abrasives in a good stone.