Thread: New Ebay Find, Start to Finish

Originally Posted by Magpie

What some may not realize, is that it may not JUST be the spine that is out of whack.

If there is a bend to the entire razor, flattening out the spine will just leave the bevel to wear itself down next. It will take a tremendous amount of honing to bring the whole thing into line, and can drastically shrink the width.

The spine was curved, but the blade was straight. In the short term, 3-4 years of hones will be ok, but after that, it will get frowned based on the initial edge wear I can already see and unavoidable bevel geometry. At this point, this factory defect razor will be garbage.

In some cases, if one feels it is worthwhile, and as seen in many threads in this forum, utilizing a "rolling x-stroke" honing technique will prologue the life of warped razors, but add increased difficulty to the honing process.