Thread: Thoughts on saving this duck?

Are you using any sort of angled or rolling-x stroke to work the toe?

Hmmm.... You said the marker test showed the bevel was set for the whole length? That would mean that you're honing the entire length. Also means you shouldn'[t have to use any sort of rolling X stroke or any of that stuff. You think there's any chance that the toe might have got that way because of some trauma? after which someone took a grinder to it ... and removed the temper?

Just speculation. If it's honing evenly then it should get sharp evenly.
"If it's going to take more than a couple of hours..."

Well, it turns out that the spine wear was uneven. Go figure. So I reground the spine and reset the bevel on 7/8 of the blade. The very toe was too far gone to fix the spine there, so I just lifted the razor up at the end of the stroke.

Yup, definitely took more than two hours of work. Sat there reading a book and ground away at the spine, resetting the bevel. An hour or two after doing that, and the bevel was reset along most of the razor. Then I did the regular progression and it shaves well now. The toe is still a problem, but its cutting hairs, so I don't know if theres much more I can do to fix that.

Test shaved her today and damn! BBS!!! I am one happy duck owner. Happier knowing I didn't give up on the duck in the end. Even though it did take me a couple of hours of honing and cost me a couple hours of sleep.

Probably won't hold a candle to that Engels I saved for you . That should be there by now...