How to hone a reverse smile, or "frown"

One of my father's old razors is a Bengall round point that I've been cleaning up. When I first put it to the hone, it became apparent that the edge has a slight reverse smile in it. I can hone a good edge to the toe and heel but the middle appears to only touch the hone slightly, hardly enough to have much of an effect. This is confirmed when I look at the edge as it rests on a piece of glass.

What's the best way of dealing with this? I would like to take that frown out and straighten the edge up but I don't know if that is practical, much less how I should go about it. Or, should I use some modified honing technique and just accept the shape of the edge as is?

Thanks in advance.

Ask and thou shalt recieve sayth the SRP dudes :D


Ok, anyway check out this wiki post first, and then think about it before you try it, because it will do the trick, but it is a lot of work....

Maybe Glen forgot to include the link but I think he was referring to this one here. I read Glen's tutorial on honing frowns before it got in the Wiki and his method worked for me on a Hermes that I really wanted to get right. He isn't exaggerating when he says it takes a lot of work and patience. :gl:

I had an old PermEdge 4/8 with a nasty frown, so i taped the spine and got busy on a dmt325.

frown is gone now, and the razor is very easy to hone. sadly, it is also a 3/8 now :p

Must have hit submit before I hit paste :fim:

Thanks Jimmy

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Must have hit submit before I hit paste :fim:

Thanks Jimmy

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My pleasure, thanks to you for posting the great info to begin with. :rock: