First kamisori and first time honing

So, here is my kamisori edge. I'm using a cerax 1000/6000 for now. I'd like to get a finer grit stone down the road.
On the kanji side , the stone scratches all the way to the esher, from heel to tip. On the non kanji side, there is a visible spot in the middle that is not showing scratch marks, and therefore not shaving hair. I can shave easily with the top 3/4" of the blade, but the rest tugs. How can I grind this spot with no scratches?

If you do a search you'll find much material on honing kamisori on this site. It's been too long since I honed one to give advice however there is a specific routine for honing them. It's totally different than a normal razor.

I'm sure someone will come along soon with advice.

Here's Glen's video on honing kamisori which I followed very closely for my first go at honing one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m87oGTAKV7I

sounds like you might need to do a rolling stroke on that side possibly. Or you need to go to 1k until whole bevel has same scratch marks. I also don't have experience with kamisori so I could be wrong

I currently have three kamisori razors in my regular rotation, and Glen's method has worked very well for me. I highly recommend giving it a try.

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Originally Posted by evnpar

I currently have three kamisori razors in my regular rotation, and Glen's method has worked very well for me. I highly recommend giving it a try.

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I totally agree. Think I saw the first one from Glen. Got the little fella sharp. Cut myself!
Like a DE on a stick! :rofl2:

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Originally Posted by Marc09

So, here is my kamisori edge. I'm using a cerax 1000/6000 for now. I'd like to get a finer grit stone down the road.
On the kanji side , the stone scratches all the way to the esher, from heel to tip. On the non kanji side, there is a visible spot in the middle that is not showing scratch marks, and therefore not shaving hair. I can shave easily with the top 3/4" of the blade, but the rest tugs. How can I grind this spot with no scratches?

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Not sure that one's fixable. I don't know who did it but the side sans ridge (ura) is extremely worn.
First check if the razor is straight & flat. It is possible to straighten these if they are warped as they are a high %ge of soft iron but if it is just ground with a dip, it's history,,,judging from the pics. Hope I'm wrong.

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Originally Posted by onimaru55

Not sure that one's fixable. I don't know who did it but the side sans ridge (ura) is extremely worn.
First check if the razor is straight & flat. It is possible to straighten these if they are warped as they are a high %ge of soft iron but if it is just ground with a dip, it's history,,,judging from the pics. Hope I'm wrong.

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It looks that way to me too but I didn't want to discourage him and the pics aren't the best for viewing either side real well.

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Originally Posted by thebigspendur

It looks that way to me too but I didn't want to discourage him and the pics aren't the best for viewing either side real well.

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Fingers X'd.

Thanks for the help. I had to reduce the size of pics to attach, so quality isn't the best. I'll check on if it's straight or warped tomorrow.

Nice Vid Glen! Thanks for posting that one Mark. Good luck OP on fixing that mess. You might make it shave again, but I dont think its ever going to look right again.

Yeah. I'm okay if it doesn't look right. As long as it shaves. It's my first one, and I got it to learn on. I'll work with the video and make progress. The part that's sharp can actually cut a hanging hair, I guess I have an incomplete bevel on the heel part of the blade. I'm trying to learn by doing, so once I get it, I get it forever. Thanks guys for the help