Thread: Uneven tape wear...

Cannot get the blade to touch the whole hone without a rolling x. Is the home wear from a rolling x supposed to look like this? What are my alternatives?

Just use a sharpie on the bevel and confirm you have created a bevel that connects. The uneven tape wear is just showing the hone wear on the spine from previous decades of honing. From what I can see your bevel looks good, so I wouldn't worry too much. When the hone wear is really, really bad, I add more layers of tape.

Not sure what your question is? The rolling X is honing to the edge, but you don’t want to use it?

The razor appears wider at the toe, than the heel. As a result, you will not have an even bevel.

You should re-shape the heel and toe, and use less pressure.

Thanks guys for the input. It was just buggin me as it makes the methods on YouTube look harder when you've got to change your stroke. When I watch some of Lynn's videos he is honing a brand new Dovo most of the time that doesn't need special strokes to hone so I get all messed up and then go to straight strokes (whichever is needed) an it seems countless strokes instead of a 15 minute honing job it turns into a few hours.

Brings me to the conundrum of should I even out the geometry on the spine as it is almost non-existent at the toe and heel and noticeable in the middle.. How would I do this? Would this fix my problem of finding the right stroke?

Would the circle method even work still? That's what I have trouble with I try to follow Lynn's circle method with a 3/8k and I get literally nowhere it seems. I always revert to just doing back and forth strokes Sigh.. Oh well I will learn one day.