Recently I have acquired some straight razors. I would like to hone them up to see how they shave.

One razor in particular has a really nice bevel already established. To me (the expert honer that I am *guffah*), it looks as if I can hit up a nice finish hone and take it to shave.

There is only one problem with this ...

I dont know how the original owner (who cut the existing bevel) honed this razor... with tape, on the shoulder, etc...

Is there some sort of simple way to determine this ... or should I give up and re-cut the bevel.

Thanks in advance !