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Bowed Blade- Am I on the Right Track?
Hiya folks. This Geneva Cutlery is my second vintage razor that I'm working on. It has a bow that I wasn't able to see when I sighted down the blade, but it is significant when on the hone. The picture shows the concave side of the blade with a straight stroke to show how the middle doesn't hit. I honed the razor to "barely adequate" on my shave test the first time around. Reading the other honing threads on bowed blades I see recommendations to do more of an X-Stroke or use a narrow stone. All of my stones are 3". I was able to hit the whole blade by doing a more exaggerated X-Stroke then what I normally see on Glenn & Lynn's instructional videos. I'm using Chosera 400 & 1k, Suehiro 6k, Naniwa SS 12k, Crox, Paddle Strop (planning to buy more stones budget allowing but I had the choseras and suehiro prior to straight razors). I also have a Veho usb microscope. There was no trouble getting a good shaving edge on my other razor. I know that the 1k to 6k to 12k are bigger jumps then recommended, but they are what I have and I use slurry to clear water to ease the jumps. Any insights?
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