Thread: Bevel setting issue in the middle

"ANY ABNORMALITY IN BEVEL WIDTH HAS A CORESPONDANT IN SPINEWARE!"

Except, in the common case when it does not.

Bevel width is a function of geometry. A spine can be perfectly ground and straight on both sides, and you still can have variations in bevel width. Any variation in the thickness of the blade steel near the edge will translate into variations in the width of the bevel. The thicker the steel in that region, the wider the bevel will be. No twisting, warping, or spine issue needs to be at fault.

Ron is exactly right for several reasons. An edge can be off center from the spine, thus a different angle on one side than the other, there can be a bulge in the metal near the edge from grinding (this was said by Brian Brown), and also I seem to remember something about Dovo 'honing' them with the spine off the wheel.

Any one of these can lead to an uneven bevel with a straight spine.

Jarrod Connerty also visited Dovo and said that they use domed hones to get into the overground areas. Unfortunately I seem to have mis-placed my set of domed Shapton Pros... The domed hone is just functionally a narrow hone, like you might use to hone a frown or overgrind.

Cheers, Steve

Ok, magic marked the edge again, and used 45 degree x strokes, and same with a swoop. (as in the shavelibrary)
The middle is touching the stone, just a little but touching so OK.
However on one side the toe is not touching at all, regardless of the stroke.
As Gssixgun advised I put on 2 layers of tape. No difference. Just to see what happens, 3 layer of tape, no difference ...
I'm getting the feeling I should put this Dovo aside and send it over to a pro :-(

Realy...adding tape to it did not help huh..?

Would you please upload anoter pic of the blade faces after this atempt...whenever you have the time.
Thanks!

Originally Posted by Mikali

I'm getting the feeling I should put this Dovo aside and send it over to a pro :-(

That's OK - it's a good way to learn if you talk to the pro about what's wrong with the razor and how they sucessfully hone it.

Cheers, Steve

Originally Posted by Steve56

Ron is exactly right for several reasons.

Hey Bruno, could you please add an emoji, something like this one,



but with the above quote?



Personally, I think that would be extremely helpful!