Originally Posted by
DaveW
It depends, if you get 5 warped razors in a row, it tends to make you think a little less of the world. Like you say, it's difficult to get them to have an even bevel (as well as many others). I set the bevels on razors like that with two hands, and then pretty much hone that way. I think a lot of people see videos of folks making even strokes, and they stroke a razor until the bevel is way out of whack instead of stopping and doing it sectionally first to get things geometrically even and then going from there.
This is the one place that I think learning to sharpen knives and tools first is helpful for, to set up the initial geometry and not be too timid around it as long as one doesn't use pressure enough to flex a razor.
The rest of honing, tool and knife sharpening isn't particularly helpful.
Strangely enough, the only razor I can recall recently leaving an uneven bevel on was one where I set up a brand new razor in about 3 or four minutes, figuring that I would come back and fix it. I sold it on the classifieds, it shaved so well that I didn't have the heart to reset the bevel to something cosmetically more pleasing. And like you say, I rushed to get it shaving, but I wasn't very proud of what it looked like, and I felt a bit guilty for the buyer despite it taking one of the better edges off of natural stones that I've had.