Thread: The taste of humble pie

I feel certain lots of those old 'hunk O steel' blades were originally honed with lifted spines. Then we have wonky spines fron day one or as a result of pasted strops, uneven pressure as attemts at honing, etc.
After kicking my ass, I revisit them with a wide bevel with no tape and look at things. Most times, I see uneven spines.

Mostly, I tape the spine and go at that thing again and stop when the tape is almost worn through in spots. Tape again. Repeat. I don't worry about the bevel until I get a even wear pattern on the tape. I even lift the edge a bit and do hard circles.
Then, a top replacable layer of tape on top and go a bit. Usually, I will undercut the bevel a bit with compound on a small felt wheel and go over and over until things look reasonable.

When I get them to go, I sometimes have 3 layers of really worn tape and a top layer. I polish the bevel and finish.
Touch-ups don't work unless the spine is lifted so I usually just strop them into submission. Your fairly straight spine is gone as the tape is removed! It sucks and takes forever.

That's why I like the older regrinds on them. They figured it out and corrected it.