Thread: question about honing a razor that required a good bit of grinding

I have a razor made by The Torrey Razor Co. I'll post pics of what it looked like when I got it, and what it looks like now. But long story short, there was a pretty good crack in the blade, and I had to nibble out a solid chunk of the blade to get rid of it. I would say it lost nearly 2/8 of blade. It's width from spine to edge is pretty even the entire length of the blade. My question is, do I need to nibble any steel from the width of the spine to compensate for the lost width of the blade, or should it be fine to set the bevel as is and roll on?

Before and afters (Torrey is at the top in the first pic):



After:

That is a very large percentage of the blade to loose. I have no idea how it will shave. That much taken away should effect the angle of the bevel, however I have no idea how it will effect the shave, which is the important part come the end of the day.

Right, and that's why I asked before even thinking of setting the bevel. IF the spine needs to be thinned up, I would rather do it now than go through all the trouble of setting the bevel and honing it up to a N 8K just to find out then the spine will need thinning and the bevel reset...maybe I need to quit being lazy and crunch some numbers.

well it does not really matter what happens with the math, hone that baby up and take her for a spin. It will either pass or fail and that will answer your question without doubt.

You can easily see what your bevel angles will be by using the spreadsheet located about halfway down this page:

http://coticule.be/wedges.html

Alternatively, post the spine width and distance from edge to farthest point of the spine here and I will run the numbers for you - only takes a second.