Sorry to hear about your blade!
I wonder whether you could find someone to reset the blade angle without ruining the steel. Maybe a “honemeister” would have some tricks up their sleeve?
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PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 5 weeks ago
Décadi 30 Nivôse an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Crible
- Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
- Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
- Razor: River Razors Kamisori
- Lather: Abbate y la Mantia Ishtar
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Zingari Man Mousse Illuminée Recovery Splash
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
It has finally happened: my clumsiness manifested during the shave, and I dropped a straight into the sink. The kamisori is symmetrical no more, and upon inspection and stropping, the whole blade is warped to one side, more at the toe than at the heel, and the toe bites into the stropping leather. Positive side: I didn’t try to catch it, and no one was hurt.
I will certainly need to rehone this before using it again, but I’m not sure that it will ever be the same. Shit happens! (But maybe that’s a sign that I should go back to DEs and GEMs.)
Have a good day!
snooting@sub.wetshaving.social 5 weeks ago
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 5 weeks ago
Maybe local hone hero @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social has a secret recipe for straightening the bent?
DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social 5 weeks ago
Pressing F to pay respects for your kamisori. I personally think razors should survive a fall into the sink (it’s a different thing with the tile floor), but then again what do I know about straights. Maybe a nice KAI or Feather AC shavette could be a good replacement if its really beyond saving? Mine (KAI Cap J-7) has survived some nasty falls without a single bend.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 5 weeks ago
Oof, sorry to hear about the Kamisori’s demise. Good that you didn’t try and catch it. I’m worried I’ll reflexively try to when I inevitably drop one.
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 5 weeks ago
Oof, glad your fingers are all ok!
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 5 weeks ago
Thanks! I broke a mug this morning, too - not my day 😭
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 5 weeks ago
I’ve done this. I dropped a straight razor onto a tile floor. Luckily, it was a Gold Dollar and not a River Razor. Can you send me some photos?
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 5 weeks ago
I suckin taking photos, but this illustrates the problem:
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Before, this was 100% symmetrical. There are no chips in the blade.
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 5 weeks ago
I can’t tell much from the photo. What does it look like if you lay each side on a flat surface?
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 5 weeks ago
I will get to it after work. Thanks for looking at it!