Quote Originally Posted by jfk742 View Post
You can correct it on your 1k. How bad is the frown? You may just need to tape the spine and go for it, if it's really bad I would think about dropping down in grit and bread knife it.

Lap your hones, then:

I assume your blade has a slight warp and you will need to use a slight rolling x on one side. If your blade looks like this )| its on the stone if you don't roll it you effectively only hone the middle of the blade therefore causing a frown.

What I like to do when there is a slight frown or even the edge is straight but looks like this (| when on your hone is keep the blade like this (| and use a just a straight or heal leading stroke with lightish pressure and then go crazy. Eventually your bevel will even up on that side. On the other side use a rolling x and a sharpie. You will eventually find the correct stroke to evenly create a new bevel, when you do, just make sure to repeat it on that side all the way through your finisher.

To save steal I stay on the (| side maybe 5-7 to 1 strokes. Continually checking the bevels will apex in the middle at some point in the process.
Definitely don't think I need to bread knife it (scares me on my favorite razor). Not sure what these symbols (| )| illustrate. Hadn't heard of the rolling X, but isn't this "cheating"? Shouldn't I be able to get a straight edge/bevel using just flat strokes?

Quote Originally Posted by Steve56 View Post
Pictures of the bevel and spine would help.

I doubt I'd brute force a 10 year old razor if it's shaving well, why remove more metal?

If you honed a lot on one side in the middle to remove rust, that could certainly produce what you're describing.

Cheers, Steve
I'll post pics. Shaving well, but could likely be better. I didn't hone more on 1 side (at least I don't think so). The rust I was trying to remove had eaten the edge. It wasn't cosmetic.