Thread: My first bevel setting - parts not making contact with hone

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If after 100 laps on a 1k stone you are not seeing a bevel and an edge form there is a problem... STOP!!! you are just wasting steel form that point on...
You have to figure out where the problem lies....

One single layer of electrical tape would have fixed this "problem"...

Now that you have put 12 full hours plus and 100 years of wear on the razor who knows...

Obviously you have a warp, honing around a warp is rather easy once you realize it is there, the marker test proved it... Now you have a warp the has been worn farther into the spine and the edge, so basically you have to pop yer wheels outta the ruts and drive along the top....

I hate to diagnose razors without them being in my hands but I would suggest 3 layers of tape and some heel forward strokes down the hone maybe some circles to even it all up once you can feel an edge, pull two layers of tape and sharpen the razor....
You could also use a rolling X and hone around the warp but from your first post I think you might have dug yourself a hole the you might not get out of easily...

Good luck..

ps: my advice above is if you want a nice even small bevel you can grind away and get the razor shaving sooner or later....