Thread: Thin bevel

While setting a bevel on a new to me razor, I've notice through use of the marker test that two 1-2mm sections on one side is only slightly touching the hone. The other side has a nice even bevel along it's entire length, as does the troubled side except for these two small sections?

I've tried a gentle C shaped heel to toe carve motion with a narrow hone in order to contact the entire blade on that side with not luck. Yes the razor has a nice smile. The entire length of the razor from 1200-4000K will shave forearm hair, but under microscope and with the naked eye you can see the bevel dip in those to spots with marker to a very fine bevel line. Should I leave well enough alone or grind it out so to speak for those two spots.

Kind regards,

How does it shave?

I have a couple of old razors with edges like that and they shave well so I don't worry about it.

From the information you provided, I can only conclude that there's something with the grind of that razor. If one side is perfectly even and the other side has a few spots where the bevel width is smaller, I don't think blade warpage is the cause. Maybe someone has been sanding down those spots, during a restauration job?
Anyway, if the bevel sides are soundly meeting, it doesn't matter how wide or small the panes, forming that bevel, are. I would hone on the 1200 grit till that point, but I wouldn't care about uniform bevel width. It may take some time before the adjacent higher spots are honed back so that the low spot can take an edge, but you'll get there eventually. Honing with circling, back and forth motions will speed things up, but you always have to end with low pressure, regular X-strokes before moving to the next grit.

Bart.

I do not worry about the width of a bevel, just so long as there is one!

I will go on to higher grits and see how it shaves later in the week. I was wondering if anyone would mention taping the spine. I will let you know how it worked out.

Kind regards,

Regarding using tape.... be consistent in your decision, if you start with tape then finish with tape and vice versa. Once you have a "stable" of razors then it will be difficult to remember which was taped and which razor was not. My decision is to use tape thru out the honing process.