Thread: Best way to fix a frown?

This is a 9/16“ blade from Westphal Cutlery, Solingen, and, as you can see, it's in a really bad mood. Suggestions? Breadknife time?

Spine up from the stone 30-45* circles till the edge evens up, then normal honing to set the bevel.

A lot of uneven hone wear on the spine, look carefully because maybe the blade is slightly curved. If it is curved give it a slight smiling profile, that will help honing.

So first of all that razor is like Dennis Rodman… It’s got ISSUES…

But, if you want to fix it, breadknife on a diamond plate. The same amount of metal will have to be remove anyway you do it, so start with a straight edge and eliminate at least one issue, then hone at 45 degrees and tape to hone.

Successful restoration begins at purchase, but you will learn a lot with problem razors

Don't forget to be telling it jokes the whole time. Hope you get it :<0)

The lifted spine as mainaman said is a great suggestion,
it is also one of the better techniques to have in your bag for chip repair and such.
I have only bread knifed one blade in the traditional sense,
at least for repair purposes, I do not consider a feather light drag on the corner of the stone bread knifing.
Doing the lifted spine allows you to quickly remove metal from the edge and maintain a rough form of the bevel,
when you go to reset the bevel you will have much less metal to remove and it goes exponentially quicker.