Straight Blade Repair

I have this vintage straight razor that has a small nick on the end.  I plan on working it into my shave routine to get more comfortable with using a straight.  I've used it a couple of times and haven't had an issue yet.  But I would rather do something to make it safer and better to look at.  I've been thinking of lightly grinding the nick out.  Rounding that corner a bit in the process.  Any of you done this?  Or do you counsel otherwise?  I'm not a clod and have done this sort of touch up before.  Looking for input.  Thanks.

When you say "grinding," what do you have in mind?  I would not use a grinding wheel or power tool of any sort.  Not even a Dremel.  What I would consider trying is a coarse whetstone.  You'll need a grit below 1000.  

We have some guys with expertise on razor repair and restoration, and hopefully they'll add their thoughts.

I'd kill the edge, mute the tip and sharpen as normal 3-4 times and see how much is gone. 
If that doesn't cut, I'd send it to a honemeister as I'd not do anything more aggressive at the risk of a radical change on its built in angles.

(09-08-2020, 01:48 PM)TheLegalRazor Wrote: When you say "grinding," what do you have in mind?  I would not use a grinding wheel or power tool of any sort.  Not even a Dremel.  What I would consider trying is a coarse whetstone.  You'll need a grit below 1000.  

We have some guys with expertise on razor repair and restoration, and hopefully they'll add their thoughts.

No intention of using a power tool of any kind.  I was thinking a course whet stone and moving up in fineness to re hone like you had mentioned.

(09-08-2020, 02:24 PM)lloydrm Wrote: I'd kill the edge, mute the tip and sharpen as normal 3-4 times and see how much is gone. 
If that doesn't cut, I'd send it to a honemeister as I'd not do anything more aggressive at the risk of a radical change on its built in angles.

Thanks.  In the course of the rehone, I figure if I can't get it just right I'll send it off to Razor Emporium and let them work their magic.  But I wanted to take a crack at it first if it seemed like a workable idea.

First shave tonight with the touched up blade.  If yiu zoom into the toe, you can see how much better it is.  Used a series of stones to remove the chips and then get the edge as close to true shave sharp with what I had.  Stroped it a bunch before tonight's shave.  Still needs some more hone time.  But it'll get the job done.

Congrats... looks like you made the best of it. Well done!

Late to post but my recommendation would be to tape the spine and work the edge on a slurried 1K until the chip is gone which should not take much then remove the tape and run thru a normal progression