Hi guys,

My razor was first honed many years ago by a friendly chap on a forum (so long since I can't recall which). I've only ever used a plain leather strop, except for a few passes on an 8k.

It's not been a great shave of late, so I thought I'd get my ass in gear and buy a 1/4k Norton and a 12k for finishing.

My main problem is that the shoulder of the blade is thicker than the rest of the razor. I can't do an x-lap without the shoulder sightly bringing up one side of the blade.

Looking at what is left of the bevel, it's obviously been like this a long time. What does one do in such a situation? Hone straight and reset the bevel, or grind the hell out of the shoulder to make it flush?