Quote Originally Posted by rodb View Post
I killed a John Barber razor when I first started honing, trying to get it flat. Make the rolling x-stroke your friend, it will help with LOTS of razors. And also help with resale if you ever decide to sell a razor it won't have terrible looking hone wear
I once saw pics of a custom razor I had made, after the owner tried to hone it. It was a smiling razor, with correct spine geometry: curved spine, which means that when the blade is on the hone, the spine is not 'flat'. The owner then kept honing in order to make it flat...
So sad...