Another possibility.
The DMT will retain its shape whereas the King will not. If you spent a lot of time on the King did you keep it lapped flat ?
Also, the edge follows the spine. Adding tape will not correct spine issues.
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Another possibility.
The DMT will retain its shape whereas the King will not. If you spent a lot of time on the King did you keep it lapped flat ?
Also, the edge follows the spine. Adding tape will not correct spine issues.
You know, this is sheds some new light for me, thank you Lynn.
I've approached the razors I have worked assuming I had to keep the number of strokes/circles the same. I overlooked that one might intentionally spend more time on one side or section of the blade than another. Case in point.. though this particular blade's challenge was predominantly in the center on the back side, it also has a shallower bevel on at the toe on that side. I didn't attempt to even that bevel out. I assumed that since it was indeed making it to the edge, confirmed by the sharpie test, that it didn't matter if it were even toe to heel.
I'm not sure I understand WHY it needs to be even, but I now see that it should be.
Interesting that the spine wear is the same front and back, toe to heel. Not sure how that happens. Maybe a twist in the blade that the naked or untrained eye can't detect? I'll pay more attention at how the spine is worn, not just whether it is or not. Thanks Lynn!!
I'm pretty anal about checking the flatness before and after, so I'll say yes, it's flat.
I understand your comment on the edge following the spine. As Lynn said, if the spine wear is biased to either end and you add tape, it will change the bevel angle, but it's not going to correct the bias.
All good stuff folks.. Thanks!!