Thread: Setting bevel

Originally Posted by Utopian

Not necessarily. The bevel is entirely a product of geometry.

A line is defined by two points.

A plane is defined by two lines. The face of a bevel is a plane defined by the line of the spine and the line of the edge. Everything exterior to the plane of the bevel will be removed by honing. If the grind in one region of the blade is thicker, then more steel will need to be removed and so the bevel will be wider in that region relative to other parts of the blade.

Of course though, bad honing will cause it too!

Very true, but I figure if the bevel was even or close to, and is lopsided now, the cause is likely the hands of the last person to hone the razor. I could be wrong of course, but when I first honed it my Dovo ended up much the same. Fast forward a year, and now the bevel is more or less even because I have a better feel for pressure and count passes on the stones religiously. My assumption (and we all know how those are) is that he's fairly new and making similar mistakes to what I was not so long ago.

Funny the razor I have problem with is a dovo.

Originally Posted by Marshal

Very true, but I figure if the bevel was even or close to, and is lopsided now, the cause is likely the hands of the last person to hone the razor. I could be wrong of course, but when I first honed it my Dovo ended up much the same. Fast forward a year, and now the bevel is more or less even because I have a better feel for pressure and count passes on the stones religiously. My assumption (and we all know how those are) is that he's fairly new and making similar mistakes to what I was not so long ago.

True, but it also depends on how much steel he removed, as beginners also tend to remove too much. If he is honing up into the belly of a hollow ground razor then the width issue could newly be coming into play. Your explanation though is probably more likely.

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I tape after set the bevel

Why after bevel set?

What did the spine look like when you started?

Photos would help.

Spine has no wear. I just tape out of habit.

So you meant, tape before, you bevel set to protect the spine?

No I set bevel then I taped for the remainder of the passes and stones