Originally Posted by
rickytimothy
You seem equally unwilling to read. I actually did follow the exact technique my local guy showed me, in person, on my stones. Certainly I am not skilled at it the way he is, and also that was on a much more perfect razor, so it didn't play out.
I also followed the scienceofsharp plan step by step. Again, it's intentionally a simple guide for simple razors using a simple setup, I couldn't get it with this razor.
"You are getting bad results therefore you are not following instructions" is really, really ignorant and pointlessly insulting. I am following instructions verbatim. I said myself that if my results are not approaching anything useful following a text guide, then I am on the lookout for a more visually followable guide especially for a warped razor. This is indeed a warped razor too, it is not a bismarck it's a colonel conk, which is the most notorious Dovo line for quality control problems.
See above. I'm looking out for something I can follow start to finish *for warped razors.* Both the in person lessons I got and the scienceofsharp guides are not for warped razors.
It does remain a wide open question whether I could get decent results on a razor with sound geometry, I freely admit and have many times already. I will look around ebay for something decent in the near future. It seems like there is a major skill barrier for warped razors, even slightly warped. I would be happy to buy one off of a member here, honed nicely or not. I just need something that doesn't have curveballs that require special techniques.