Thread: Serious Bevel issues. Never seen one this bad. Any Hope?

Is there any hope to set the bevel on this razor? The shinny part is the first few strokes on a Carborundum. the bevel is marked with black marker.
Maybe 10 layers of tape? 20? 30? Wooden wedge? I have no idea how this razor was honed prior to my discovery.

Never seen one this bad.

Glen? Lynn? Anyone?

The angle clearly is way too low with that single layer of tape. You will need to experiment with more layers.

You also need to watch for tape wear. Those "few strokes on a Carborundum" already drastically wore your tape and cut all the way through at the point end.

My guess, if that is all that you have done so far, someone probably honed it like a knife. So, it's either more tape or time. Before you invest too much time, measure the blade thickness and width, then calculate the current untaped bevel. From there, you can dimensionally add layers of tape to get a preferred bevel angle. This is mainly so that you're not cutting a bevel at 30 degrees with 17 layers of tape or anything crazy like that.

Once you have your layers figured out, if it truly was sharpened like a knife at a high angle, you will be honing like that until you remove enough metal to reach the edge.

How about a pic without the ink and without the tape?

Looks like it’s been put to a belt sander, freehand.

Here it is with 5 layers of tape. I know never to fix a trouble blade with tape on but I don't know how else to do it.

How thick is 5 layers of tape?

How about taking a 20 gauge piece of sheet metal and making it a frameback.

Originally Posted by 32t

How thick is 5 layers of tape?

How about taking a 20 gauge piece of sheet metal and making it a frameback.

If I remember right 3m's website says 7mm per layer. I think it is probably more like 5.
3m Temflex 1700

The confusion could certainly be on my end but I am thinking more .07 or .05 mm

28 gauge is 0.32 mm approximately.

Just tossing out ideas. Copper would look interesting!

My 3M Super 88 is .215 mm thick. 5 layers=1.075 mm. I think the confusion comes from mils vs mm measurement.

So using 1.075 mm. and using U.S.G

20 gauge is .953 mm

19 gauge is 1.11 mm