Quote Originally Posted by joke1176 View Post
Without a pic I'm just guessing here...

It sounds like the blade is warped. Have you tried putting black magic marker on the bevel to make sure you are getting it all?

I have done a few frown-to-smile restores and they are a lot of work. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't that bad, just more difficult than just making it shave ready.

A warped blade was my first thought but doing the magic marker thing doesn't show that. While one side does show a little less bevel width it does remove all the marker. The other side still has marker above where the bevel edge is on the rest of the blade but does remove the marker at the very edge of the blade...if that makes sense. And if it was just a warped blade a rolling X stroke should take care of that...and it's not working on this blade.