Thread: To sharpen the heel or not to sharpen the heel? That is the question.

Originally Posted by DaveW

I'd personally round that corner off a little bit on the back. It can't do anything good. I'd only round as much off as it took to get it cosmetically not looking squared up there, which would probably be a few strokes on a hard 1k stone. Then you can hone the whole edge without it getting in the way.

IF the razor is as heavily breadknifed as op says it is, I would say more than a cosmetic rounding of the heel might be needed as establishing a new bevel will quickly eat into the heel again.
I would mark a point on the blade approx 1/16" forward of the stabiliser & grind a gradual curve back towards the tang. It will not be this razor's only honing so it's good to future proof IMHO.