Thread: So I bought a stone...

Chances are if your sharpie mark the edge, you will find you are not making full contact on that edge, the razor has issues.

It has been honed aggressively and honed on the tang. Additionally, without a stabilizer and hollow ground the blade will flex easily and lift the edge off the hone and grind the back of the bevel. So, the honer added more pressure on the heel and ground the heel half of the edge more than the toe and given you the V edge.

The problems were too much pressure, flexing the bevel and honing on the tang, lifting the heel half of the razor off the stone.

The edge now needs correction, reprofiling. The easiest would be to grind the edge straight, even with the spine. It can be easily done on a Diamond plate or low grit stone. You will lose some blade width, but not that much. It will make the razor much easier to hone.

Take some measurements and mark a straight line from the lowest point from toe to heel, then grind to that line with high angle grinding or bread knifing.

Or draw a line from the toe to the heel and grind to that line, the edge will not be parallel to the spine, but the edge will be straight and easier to hone.