Quote Originally Posted by BobH View Post
Yes, it looks like a heel forward rolling X stroke might have done the job. That would keep you off the flat on the tang which looks like you honed into on the second photo. The tape on the spine should stop just before/at where the flat starts on the tang. That would be my amateur honers guess.

Bob
This is something that all of us have to confront at the beginning (where I am and I'll bet you are not!). It really requires one to look at the style of the blade to get cues on how to hone it. Using conventional intuition won't work because conventional intuition would say that the bevel of the blade, the actual cutting edge, can be honed by running the razor on the hone at a 90 degree angle to the spine. If you do that on this grind of razor you will grind into the flat and effectively destroy the razor which is a little sad.