Thread: Bringing the smile back...

I use 220 or 400 grit wet/dry (used wet) on a flat plate. work the heel of the razor back and forth for a while, then the toe. Apply pressure to either the toe or heel, depending on where you are working.

No "use only the weight of the blade" here! You are trying to remove material.

A 1200 dimond plate is also quite effective!

Don't be shy, have at that razor! It's a tough piece of high carbon steel, it can take what you can dish out.

By not breadknifing, nor taping the spine, you will be then be able to set the honing bevel on the spine to the new smiling edge profile, thus enabling easier honing later down the line.

If you breadknife a ceratin smile profile, how do you then get the honing bevel to match it? Isn't that a similar issue that the Double Arrows have, where the heel of the blade does not contact the hone due to the wide shoulder up at the honing bevel?