Thread: Is my grind not steep enough?

Originally Posted by planeden

There is a general spine the width (distance from spine contact with the stone to edge of the blade) that you want to find. You want the angle to be in the 17 to 20 degree range (that is total triangle). The way knife people talk about it would be an 8-10 degree bevel angle. There are plenty of places to look it up, but I think it is something like 0.25" thick spine for a 0.75" wide razor. Here is one thread that talks about it.

https://sharprazorpalace.com/general...e-width-2.html

A straight edge razor is honed with the spine on the hone. So, technically the whole blade is the bevel. Regardless of what the grind is, you still have the hone touching the spine and the edge. If your spine is too thick you will never be able to hone it at a sharp enough angle.

By the way, that is a nice looking blade. I got so wrapped up in pretending to be smart I forgot to mention it .

Thanks alot for the info and the compliment! So I just remeasured and my blade is 3/16 at the spine with a slight hollow (because of the large wheel size). It's a 3/4 razor so I'm guessing I'd have to put some tape on the spine to get it closer to 1/4" when I hone? Also, because this is more of a quarter hollow would it only be good for coarse hair? And do you know if a 2" wheel would work to give me a full hollow or half hollow?