Uneven bevel, never honed
Hi all,
I've learned a ton about straight razor shaving and maintenance on this site, love it! Today I have a question: I purchased a 5/8" hollow ground blade from the Art of Shaving in December, and I've thoroughly enjoyed it. I read a lot about "shave-ready" blades not being truly shave ready, and whether or not that is true I don't know, but my blade is starting to pull at the hairs a bit now, so I wanted to try my hand at honing (I bought a cheap ebay blade to practice on first). I ordered a naniwa 12k off of amazon for that purpose, should arrive soon. What I've noticed though, having never honed it before, is that the bevel is even on one side, but uneven on the other. The bevel extends farther up the blade toward the middle, and on either end of the blade the bevel is shorter (which I assume means it is a more wedge-shaped edge at the end instead of a narrower, sharper edge like in the middle).
Could this be due to stopping, or do you think it came that way? I don't use a pasted strop.
Thanks!