Thread: Uneven bevil, please help!

Greetings!

I am new to honing, and are getting my razors "shaveable". However, my bevils are not even, you can see from the pictures. I am using a king 1k to set the edge, and then a Norton 4/8k to finish with stones.



What am I doing wrong to get the unevenness that I am getting?? This is not an isolated problem, I have another razor that I recently honed that has the same issues.

Your razors spine has uneven wear from honing, I can see that, difficult for me to see the bevel. Maybe try taping the spine with eletrical tape, and reset the bevel, I believe the perferred brand is 3M. I use Scotch eletrical tape though.

I would add, that if it's shaving, you probably are okay and may be better off just letting it go like that. If you're particular and the look bothers you, I feel your pain, but it my not be worth trying to make the correction with the spine wear it all ready has. I say leave it alone, and shave...

Alot of times pressure is the culprit. As you get farther into wet shaving you will learn that pressure has to do with everything. Sometimes it is the razor itself that is the cause. If it is shaving fine I wouldn't worry about it to much.

Do you hone with one hand or two? if it's two pressure from the hand can do that. Of course the spine complicates things. Check our reference section for tips on specialized honing techniques

I shave with two hands, I will try some different methods though. I just watched the video by Glen, I will try it like he does in his video next. As for the spine, it is oddly uneven so that makes sense! It bothers me on the looks, but not enough to try to mess with it.

Ernie, Where in Texas are you ? I live in Warren, TX in the south east part where every darn hurricane hits. It is possible I can help you. Give me a shout if you still need help.

Originally Posted by Ernie1980

I shave with two hands, I will try some different methods though. I just watched the video by Glen, I will try it like he does in his video next. As for the spine, it is oddly uneven so that makes sense! It bothers me on the looks, but not enough to try to mess with it.

Ernie,

Glen has some fantastic videos out there and I learned a lot from them. As far as an uneven bevel, it may just have to be. As long as it's giving you a good shave that's all that counts.

With that said as previously suggested try applying some electrical tape. From the look of the hone wear, I'd suggest applying Two Layers.

I would hope that your hones have been flattened/smoothed? If not you are wasting your time and wasting steel that can not be replaced.

I use a King 1200 as a bevel setter, and I change tape Very Often when I'm using it. Please give this a try.

If you are still not getting a good shave PM me and I'll see what I can do for you.

Hang in there! It's not as easy as some would lead you to believe. I think that my friend Glen put it very nicely when he said;

"Honing is easy til it ain't"

How true that is!

Was this a new razor?

Judging by the wear on the spine, it is either too much pressure, common for novice honers or hones that are not flat.

This is why we recommend novice honers use tape, until you learn to hone, then decide to continue or not.

Even size bevels or not do not effect the shaving edge.

More importantly, how does it shave?

Take up Alienedge and Cuda up on their offers or find a local mentor for hands on coaching.