I'm in the middle of of setting a bevel for the first time.
I have freshened some edges dropping back down to 4K, then back up to 8K, 12K and the strop.
This is the first whack at setting bevel, and it is not going swimmingly.
Here is where I'm at;
I was using one layer of elect tape on a Rauf Aust.
Stone is a 1K.
Using a Sharpie, the edge was blackened.
What I'm seeing is the face side bevel has the black removed at the heel and toe.
The back side bevel has the black removed in the middle, with the toe and heel untouched.
After a couple of hours, I dropped down to a 600 MDT, then to a 320 MDT.
The middle and toe/heel spots are getting ground away while the untouched spots are getting smaller, but still there.
I have pretty much agreed to myself that the razor may be trashed by the time I'm done, but hopefully will know how to set a bevel.
Not being aware of doing something wrong, I plan to keep honing until the whole length of the edge is in contact with the stone.
The width of the bevel where it does touch the stone is getting pretty wide and unattractive.
The stones are dressed and flat.
Can an edge be not straight, or can the spine have a thickness variation that could produce this effect?
It seems to me that some drastic honing is needed here, unexpectedly, on a new razor.