Thread: Spine too thick at the shoulder??

I recently honed a totally unused old 100 years + sheffield carbon steel blade.

The blade was totally blunt but brand new. The spine was thicker at the heel than the tip. It also did not lay flat on glass.

Anyway, I set the bevel using 1000 grit wet and dry paper (dry). What I found is that not only is the bevel edge set but the honing edge along the spine is also developed and any unevenness disappears very quickly.

I think you might have to bite the bullet and re-establish the honing edges. After this the blade should lay flat on glass

The fact the blade was totally blunt I found interesting. Maybe in those days the factories left it to the barbers to put an edge on the new blades. If this was the case, it may explain why the likes of DOVO put out new blades with less than sharp edges.