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Scissure in Blade?

• Thread starter Elrod
• Offset date Sep 26, 2022

• #1

I'1000 wondering how a hairline crack in an otherwise high quality and sharpened blade affects its quality as a shaver. Thanks!

• #2

If it is on the edge information technology may flex enough to cut you and stropping and honing will keep adding pressure to it and will eventually crack it. Y'all can shave with it simply it won't last long.

• #iii

Photos volition help.

Sometimes people see "cracks" in older or handforged blades, and they are not cracks at all -- they may only be spots where two layers of steel were hammered together, albeit incompletely, and the resulting line or wrinkle isn't a crack or weakness, merely a feature of the bract.

On the other hand, an bodily crevice in the blade is fatal. I would not even consider shaving or stropping a cracked blade. You might be able to "fix" some cracks, just "fixing" the crack means basically grinding or honing away all of the metal until the crack disappears. For all applied purposes, a cracked blade is trash, plain and simple.

• #4

Once a razor is cracked its washed for, imo. If you can hone information technology abrupt and shave with it you will most likely flex the crack open on your face and scar yourself for life.

Not a adept idea to utilise a croaky blade, you're asking for injury.

• #five

Shaving with the croaky blade is not a skillful idea under whatever circumstance.

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• #6

Thank you all,

I asked considering I was considering ownership an otherwise beautiful razor that was extremely inexpensive. Now I come across why, thanks for saving my face!

• #7

Utopian

Depending on the stability of the crack, y'all might be able to shave with information technology. I have a couple that fall into that category, merely most cracked blades are trash. No one tin can repair a crack in a directly razor.

• #8

Got whatsoever pics of your crack?

• #9

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• #11

If it is indeed a crack then the blade tin no longer be shaved with for safe reasons. If the bract breaks while y'all are actually shaving your face you volition exist left permanently scarred.

• #12

I wouldn't exist shaving with a blade with a fissure in it.

• #13

If in that location is a crack you may be able to rework the blade and still make employ of it. Information technology depends on where it is. If y'all can show us the defect nosotros may be able to offer some advice if you lot would like.

• #14

Yes, if the crack is near the toe you might just be able to grind the bract downward into a shorty. If it's about the heal.... gone.

• #15

Similar Utopian said.
I've got two blades with cracks in them.
I fissure runs in from the heel, about half way between the edge and the spine, running the long way, about iii/xvi". It seems stable, and so I've continued to use it. The other croaky bract is virtually 1/three of the way back from the tip and has really grown. I've used information technology a time or two, merely afterwards noticing that the crack has grown, I've decided to retire it. Both cracks were present, I assume, from forging as they are both NOS razors.
The one with the crevice through the actual edge was just visible under the microscope when information technology was honed the showtime fourth dimension, simply has since grown to the point where it is visible to the naked eye. I'd hate to imagine what would happen if information technology decided to let go during a shave or stropping. The run a risk just isn't worth it.

• #16

Remember...Scissure KILLS!!!!

• #17

Got whatsoever pics of your crack?

you asked for it!

• #18

• #19

Following the edge? Probably a fold in the steel as mentioned above. No worries. Perpendicular to border? Yeah, it'south a display piece, don't try it on your face.

• #20

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