Thread: High bevel angles, hard to hone razors

Something is certainly up,
you can tell by feel that something is odd; the razor even wants to tip over on the edge while honing.

The spines and grind aren't perfect symmetric.
Some have irregular wear on the spine. too, so that adds to a wonky / wavy bevel.

Part of the edge - spine makes good contact, in other spots the edge doesn't touch the stone.

I can fix it by using narrow hones and take my time,
or focus honing on the outer side of the 1K, doing some sort of rolling x stroke.

But I'm wondering how important the bevel angle is for a good shave anyway?

I don't measure the bevel angle often, but am wondering what lower and upper limit degree make for a good shaving angle?

My older ones gravitate more towards a 20° and some later ones towards 15 - 18°.

I notice the ones between 15° - 18° to be very easy to hone, while all the other from 20° and up to cause a little trouble. But that might just be me.