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    Quote Originally Posted by Bart View Post
    I have a Pearson&co that came of Ebay with a heavy frown and a smaller heel than toe.
    I took it to a DMT 325 grit, placed the cutting edge on top of the hones surface, and ground it down with sawing motions, till the bevel was completely gone and the blade was straight and almost even in width. Then I started rocking my stroke a bit, to put a slight smile on.
    When I was pleased with the shape I got, I contemplated a bit about taping the spine while creating a new bevel, but in the end I decided not to, because I didn't want to alter the razors cutting angle even more than I already did.
    I created a new bevel by honing (grinding) on that DMT325, then moved up to 600 grit, 1200grit and my regular honing sequence on a coticule. It's a great shaver now.
    I think it could be done on sandpaper as well. This was my first experience doing something like that, so I'm not sure if I just was lucky to get a way with it. That new bevel turned out nice and even.

    Bart.

    Been there, done that too. Worked fine for me!

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    Thanks guys, I'll give this advice a try, and see how it goes. It seems like its the only logical way to do it, so no mystery technique here I guess..

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    If your talking about an old wedge I would advise against it because you will end up with a very thick edge and wide bevel. if it is a full hollow, bi-concave then if you removed 1/4" you would be into the "belly" or "ridge" of the blade, the thickest part, again resulting in a wide bevel.

    Instead of creating a straight edge why not consider creating a "smile" profile? You would have to remove much less metal.


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    +1 with Randy, You have to look carefully at the blade profile and make sure that using the "Breadkinfe " technique is not going to take the edge into the wrong point of the balde... Other than that yes it does work!!!!

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    I would leave it alone. But it's your blade, so just be careful if you decide to do that.

    You could always send it out for a regrind, there are a few guys around here that offer that service.

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    I have fixed edges with this problem using the circular hone method and uneven pressure. It is not something I would recommend though as it's very easy to get it wrong.

    +1 with Russell. A regrind is really the only route to take if you're striving for perfection.

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