little dent on the blade

[etilic_knight]

Hello, due to a bad move, I've made a little dent on my straight razor blade: now the steel is curled on one side of the razor and I can hear it very clearly when I'm stropping the razor. I'd like to restore the razor. Should I restore that little piece of steel with a hammer and a flat hard surface (I'm a little scared to damage the razor more and more even being careful) prior to hone the blade? Or should I accept a little hole in the blade and just hone it?

Thanks.

[Mink]

Before you start, post a picture. We need to see how bad the damage is.

[onimaru55]

Hone it out. A hammer is likely to break your razor.

[Kentos]

Your razor is tempered so that bit will break off instead of bend back...pics would be very helpful :).

[kirk 988]

Hone it out. A hammer is likely to break your razor.

what he said and what kentos said

[etilic_knight]

I have tried to take sme pics of the blade, but the dent is so small that my camera is not good enough to show it properly. So I'll hone it away. I was thinking about how I sharpen my sickle, but that's a completely different kind of blade.

[Wid]

You do have honing equipment?

[kirk 988]

i sent a pm to him asking if he has he hasnt got back.

if not ill set the bevel and go up to nice and fine grit though not sure how it will compare i get great shaves out of razors that i hone. so no garante sorry

[etilic_knight]

Yes, I have two honing stones: 5000 and 8000 stones. I don't have coarse stones, but if needed I could buy one.

[Obiwan]

I'm just impressed you have a sickle :)

[etilic_knight]

Hello. I've finally restored the blade. I could find 800 and 1000 grid sandpaper sheets at the hardware store. I could buy them for 0.5€ each, so cheap enough for a single use. I've started with 40 sweeps on the 800, then 40 on 1000 and the dent was gone, then 40 sweeps on 5000 stone and the last 40 on 8000 stone.
Finally I've stropped it and it worked just fine. Thanks everyone for the advices.

About the sickle... yes, it's a weird tool to own nowadays, but when I couldn't find what I wanted to cut the grass in my garden: an electric version of this tool I switched to sickle because I didn't want to buy something with a gasoline engine which may need expensive servicing from time to time. A sickle is cheap to maintain :P just need the proper hammer and anvil to sharpen it and the right stone to straight the edge and finely sharp the blade. The sharpening process is made by hammer because the blade is not made in hard steel, like the razors... it's in mild steel: easy to sharp, easy to get dull.