Thread: Uneven sharpness after honing

TBS & Jimmy tell ya right. The reason I struggle with it is a handicap - sorta like in golf. My handicap is my stroke.

You don't mention if this is touching up a known good blade, a good blade w/ sound bevel that needs freshening, or if you're resurrecting a fleabay 'find'. (I won, I won, I won). If you're working any restoration issues, I'd be checking the bevel w/ a magic marker - to see if the bevel is truly set, and if your stroke removes the marker along the whole length of the bevel using no pressure (like UKRob says). If its a known sound blade - is the water undercut & flowing up the blade face all along the edge?

'Sounds like maybe the heel is not getting consistent contact. One vendor of premium new blades offered honing, and after 1 wk, the heel was tugging hard. He was consistent at it - such that when I bought one of the same brand only slightly used - I shaved w/ it and asked the seller if he got it from was
So & So and if he had So & So hone it. After a while the attributes of an edge can be recognized.

I struggle more to keep the toe as sharp as the heel. It makes me bird-dog the water flow at the toe.

As the much missed Holly4pirating said: 200 blades from now, alot of these issues will go away.

Post some photos so we can better advise you. You seem to have a lot of different honing issues, in several post.

Is this the same razor Cudarunner offered to hone for you?

It does sound like a common novice honing issue, too much and unequal pressure, and an un-set bevel.