I honed a Japanese Western Grind razor today and still on the 1K Chosera I had to walk away because something didn't feel right and the bevel was not setting as there was uneven sharpness up and down the blade (one of the short type Westerns) Later in the afternoon I went back and began again with every stroke known to man and maybe some new ones like the toe leading heel flipper. Finally the bevel looked good and popped hair along the short length of the blade. Then up through the progression as per usual followed by the celebration shave which went very well after stropping. After that I got around to looking at the honewear (no tape) and it was grossly uneven which translates as ugly to me. Again the bevel is close to perfect, both sides but the hone wear (a new/used razor due to some minor pitting) is making me crazy. The razor was on the low end of the sellers products on Ebay. I thought tomorrow I might measure the width of the spine to see if it is uniform.
Is there anything else that might cause this? I'll shave with an ugly razor but I won't enjoy it, kind of a shallow thing to admit.
Like Groucho Marx once said, 'I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me,' I am feeling like I don't want any more razors that I can actually afford. Not knowing the full extant of my ignorance I do accept that this might very well be my error.