Thread: Wearing out my welcome, but...

Is it the Shumate’s Tungsteel razors… the ones with the wild smile? IMHO they are annoying to hone.
You see… The smile is so exaggerated, the blade “bent forward”, the tang is almost behind the spine (unlike most “normal” razors were the tang is in line with the spine) it becomes slightly unbalanced during the strokes, and feels “weird” when honing.

Just like its exaggerated smile, so too you will need an exaggerated rolling “X”, and is quite possible on a wide hone like the Norton.
You will get it sharp, but you may not soon want to do it again. The first time I got one shave ready it was a lesson in humility.

Oh!!!... but it get worse… try stropping the little critter… lolololol.

But the advice already given will get you there... and a few Shumate’s collectors may chime in later with more help.