Thread: Suggestions for honing a smiling W&B with uneven wear

This razor is my nemesis (W&B for barber's use w/ barber's notch, smiling blade and uneven hone wear). I have now successfully honed a few razors that were in decent condition and am getting at least a decent shave from them. One of these was a slightly smiling blade with uneven bevels and uneven hone wear near the toe and it shaves like a dream (at least as far as this newbie is concerned).

For some reason, I just cannot get an edge on this W&B. There is significantly more hone wear near the toe than the heel. I have watched Glenn's videos on honing a smiling blade and watched all the videos I could on the rolling x-stoke to see if I could get it done. At this point I don't want to ruin the razor further so I'm asking for tips/advice.

I know its hard to give advice w/o seeing at least pictures of the razor, but I'm at work and it's at home, so those will have to come later.

Any help from the honing gurus (or tips from others learning) are appreciated.

And, yes, I could send it out to have it professionally honed, but I really want to learn to be able to deal with these issues myself.