I'm sure this has been asked in some form before, but I'm not really sure how to even phrase the question, let alone conduct a search for it. When I am honing a razor with wonky/uneven hone wear I currently use tape and some beginners honing gymnastics. This practice has worked fairly well so far, but I saw a post while reading the archives that got me thinking. Is it reasonable to selectively apply hone wear to a razor? By doing this, you can even out the hone wear to a consistant width, thereby causing a much smaller/consistant bevel on the edge of the razor. I know this is possible to do (obviously), but is it a reasonable course of action? I could see the possible benefits, but can also see that it would only be beneficial for certian situations.

I envision using a bevel setting stone and slowly working on the "smaller" hone wear areas of the tang to match the "larger" hone wear areas. I could see calipers being very useful as well. I would imagine you could then polish up the hone wear and use tape as "normal"?


Anyway, thought this was an interesting idea at the least. Anyone have any experience with this?