Should I reset because of this.

[fast14riot]

Attempting some honing today, good theraputic activity. I do not pretend to be able to hone a good shaving edge reliably, but I am pretty experianced at sharpening knives and am learning razors. This old razor I rescaled and cleaned up decided to reveal some pits very near the edge, but do not appear to be on the apex. Should I take this back to 1K to reset and remove these? This is the only spot with them on the edge and its right in the middle of the blade. I am currently at 6K film with it, I have lost my loupe, so edge inspections have been either mechanical or with my opti visor, which is why I missed this before now.


-Xander

 

[SliceOfLife]

That's just a picture, no magnification? If so, you need to rehone. I see a divot in the blade about 4mm right of that pitting cluster (on my screen) that troubles me more than the pitting.

That said, I'd sand that pitting out before rehoning.

 

[fast14riot]

Yes that is zoomed in to about 5x. These pits are hardly noticeable under natural light and using naked eye.

The divot, are you talking about a wavyness in the edge? About the same distance to the right, as the cluster is wide?


-Xander

 

[SliceOfLife]

about the same distance as the width of the triangle shaped cluster, ya.