Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
Another thing that some guys do, particularly some of the real old time honers, is hone the thing without tape. Just stay on it until the spine and bevel are worn into a working relationship. I'm not advocating that, just commenting on that being another approach. You end up with a shaver, but an uglier razor than you started out with. Usually a real wide bevel and far more spine wear.
I did a similar approach on a near wedge blade that may well have been reground on a bicycle grinder.

Put the blade flat on a 800 grit and worked it until there was flatness on the spine and edge. One side required more attention than the other. Took the blade directly from the 800 to a 4000 and just polished the sides. I did not worry about bevels.

Then I double taped the spine and did the normal honing from 800 to 12000 and a finisher. Shaved great.