Thread: Warped blade

Got a Wester Bros Anchor Brand in the mail last week. Been looking for one for a while to match a 6/8 I have. The 6/8 is one of the nicest ground blades I’ve seen, this 5/8 I just received, not so much. I’ve been planning a thread for a while concerning honing and the plan was to use this one and it’s bigger brother for some side by side comparisons. But first I needed to set the bevel. Taking this thing to the hone I looked it over first and was impressed how there is no hone wear. The bevelas looked ok, under the loupe I can see a little chip, maybe .3mm in depth. I then take a look down the spine and holy cow! What a warp! It’s almost a millimeter when you set a straight edge on the toe and heal. Look down the edge and it’s almost as bad as the spine. Looked like the perfect time for my first video, so here you go. Any critiques welcome. This is how I’ve dealt with all the warps I’ve come in contact with. I’d love to hear or see how you guys deal with them.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O6fxBo4tBdI

Just realized I stuck this in the wrong area, any chance it could be moved to the regular honing section?

I watched the video and I liked the low key conversational feel that it has. I knew exactly what you were talking about without seeing the razor, but I'm not sure that people with less experience would follow some of the explanations without some full screen photos of the blade being inserted into the video.

I’ll try fooling around with the editing on the computer. This whole video thing is new to me.
Thanks for the input, only way I’ll get better at it.