I don't often need to take out chips. The first one I did for a new Italian shaver that contacted me through a forum. For that I used the 4K side of a Norton with normal strokes and it took me about an hour. Yesterday, I dropped a Friodur (I use the 3/4 LeGrelots on my face but a full-hollow seems to work better on my head) and ended up with a decent chip that involved the entire bevel. Inspired by Bart, I decided to try a coticule with slurry. It took me a while to figure out the most efficient stroke and ended up doing a series of very fast circles up and down the hone before changing sides. I applied a little torquing motion to the shank to make sure the edge stayed on the hone and put a little pressure on the edge and rinsed the stone and made new slurry when the slurry turned dark gray. The chip was gone in about 20 minutes. I was surprised that there was relatively little hone wear on the spine, probably because I was putting more pressure on the bevel. All told, I was very pleased with the results.
I took out a chip on a coticule
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I have also been using circles on my coticules with really good results. Although not to take chips out, just to sharpen. Seems to work rather well. 
I normally don't take out a chip with a Coticule, but by my estimation the faster Coticules can rival with my DMT 1200.
Good thinking to torque the blade a bit.
I usually protect the spine with a layer of tape when I'm doing repair work, and remove the layer when I'm nearly done, to undo the slight difference in bevel angle. When using a more than average pressure on a heavily damaged hollow ground razor, I might even use 2 or 3 layers of tape, to account for the flexing of the blade.
Kind regards,
Bart.
Good thinking to torque the blade a bit.
I usually protect the spine with a layer of tape when I'm doing repair work, and remove the layer when I'm nearly done, to undo the slight difference in bevel angle. When using a more than average pressure on a heavily damaged hollow ground razor, I might even use 2 or 3 layers of tape, to account for the flexing of the blade.
Kind regards,
Bart.
I've done the circle and torquing method and it works great. I took out a small chip on a Henckels using that method.
Great story, thank you.
Great story, thank you. I am sure I could do the same on my la nouvellle vein, I need to try it sometime.
Great effort. Although I don't use a Coticle, I reckon it's very satisfying honing out a chip or two in a blade and turning it back into a shaving instrument again. I use a 200/325 Duo DMT. It's a heck of alot faster. Getting rid of chips, I usually lift the spine up off the stone so only the blade comes into contact with the surface. That speeds it up and significantly reduces hone wear.
The coticule is faster then you think with a heavy slurry.
And if you raise the spine to about 45 degrees, it speeds up the process even more.
And if you raise the spine to about 45 degrees, it speeds up the process even more.
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What do you do after you have created a 45° bevel?
Once the chip is out, I hone "as normal" with the spine flat.
It doesn't take to much work to get the bevel down to normal & then take it from there with dilucot or whatever method one choses.
It works a bit faster IMO & saves the spine from wear.
But I don't think there is any right or wrong here.
The goal is the same in the end, a removed chip & a shave-ready razor.
My usual way to deal with damaged blades is 45 degrees on a 400 grit aluminum oxide stone until chip is gone, flat honing on a 600 grit DMT until it passes TNT & then I proceed to coticule w/ slurry.
The 400 grit stone can be bought for ~ $10 & works great for removing chips.
The 600 grit DMT is just a time saver ( & great for kitchen knifes!) for closing the gap between the 400 grit & coti.
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Interesting, I'll have to try that next time.
Usually when removing chips I would just add tape to the spine to speed up the process and protect the razor. Then remove tape and set the bevel as normal, which is the same as increasing the angle..
