I've been getting most of my razors from ebay and the like, and each and every one of those has needed bevel resets. Some have needed major work and been butter knife blunt, others not quite so bad. I bought my hones early and have been working on honing all the while, starting with the easier and doing what I could to each razor. I've always had a stack that I can't hone just yet, because my technique and understanding hasn't progressed far enough yet. I'm all out of "easy ones" now and so have to start meddling with the more difficult edges. I now have a couple razors that I'm struggling with. One is a regrind, the other (probably) the result of bad honing. My initial perception would be to re-establish the edge so that it will in fact lay flat with the spine as a guide. Like, put the entire spine flat on the stone, then hone the razor like that. Different razor shapes can make this approach impossible, specifically when the distance between the bevel and the spine is not consistent along the edge, or if the spine is not straight. I guess the same problems would arise in warped blades.

The question is how to approach these problems. Am I just over complicating things? The ideal would be to have an even bevel all along the edge, and if that means lifting, tilting or honing on the edge of the hone, then that's what you do. Or do you try to straighten out the kinks, and rework the abused areas?

Any inputs appreciated