Thread: Troubleshooting uneven sharpness

I have found this excerpt from the barber manual on honing/stropping in the SRP Wiki help files very helpful. It describes a way to maintain a slight smile which they feel is preferable in a blade. Using slightly more pressure on the heel and at the point while doing the x stroke. They say it will also avoid getting a frown in the blade from too much pressure in the center area of the blade.

Sounds like you know what you are doing. If you are using the rolling x maybe a bit more light pressure at the point ? Even getting into doing some area honing at the point on a 4k with a few circles to sort of reset the bevel at that end of the blade. Then regular x strokes to even it out with the rest and move on up from there.

Than again, I don't really worry about HHT if the razor is shaving well. If it isn't at the point though you have to try something.

I read the barber's manual part that you linked. I gave it a shot and definitely an improvement. It is really really close now. I think I just need to smooth it out some more on the CrO. The steel in this thing is way harder than my other razors so it seems to take more of everything to get the edge on it. The shave this morning at least did not leave irritation. Still feels ever so slightly harsh but the toe is cutting so it is getting there.