Just picked up a Joseph Allen and sons non xll 6/8 3/4 grind, it's post 1890 and has Bakelite scales with a lead wedge. I reset the bevel and worked through my hones, 1k, 6m, 3m, 1m. I noticed that the edge is very finicky. It has a slight warp to it, same as my ralf aust which I was honing at the same time. While the RA was progressing as expected, the JA would keep up then all of a sudden lose it. I had to back up on hones a couple times to get the edge back on track only to look at it wrong and lose it again. I shaved later and was hoping it would be better than expected given the problems and boy was I disappointed, one of the most irritating shaves in recent history, and all I did was take one swipe folded it up and used my RA instead, which btw was shaving awesome but only increased my disappointment with the JA.

Im hoping someone has had a similar problem and was able to fix it. The razor came in pretty good shape, with only a small 1/64th" of a chip and it honed out faster than I expected, using a king 1k btw. I'm wondering if the steel is too soft and can't take a fine enough edge.