Thread: *razzle frazzle grumble* Warped Edge

The ink was gone out to the edge under 100x magnification. What I can't be sure of was the nature of the strokes...I might have been more careful, to be honest. I was getting a bit frustrated, and my strokes might have been getting a bit more uncontrolled there toward the end...

Are you sure it is actually straight lined along the edge and not a bit of frown remains?

I have a 9mm or so wide strip of stone scrap from hone sawing-been meaning to use it but have not. You could try your luck with a ripe stick.-- Abrasive embedded in a stick
or side sharpening with pressure.

Originally Posted by kevint

Are you sure it is actually straight lined along the edge and not a bit of frown remains?

I have a 9mm or so wide strip of stone scrap from hone sawing-been meaning to use it but have not. You could try your luck with a ripe stick.-- Abrasive embedded in a stick
or side sharpening with pressure.

Well, I checked by setting the razor edge down on the hone and it looked flat, but you're right, there could be a couple of micrometers there. I'll look into it...

And I have been contemplating the stick idea. I have some thin strips of wood, I could try putting some of my heretical powders on there and see how it goes.

I also just realized--the razor has a bit of a swayback. Would that effect the honing? Should I be trying to put a matching smile on this blade?

Sounds like a warped blade.

No real solutions for you, I'm sorry to say. The ones I've come across like that were brandy new, and as such I returned them to the vendor.

Originally Posted by Seraphim

Sounds like a warped blade.

No real solutions for you, I'm sorry to say. The ones I've come across like that were brandy new, and as such I returned them to the vendor.

I agree . I ran into this problem with a W&B Bow razor . After about 2 hours of honing on the 1k , I realized that there wouldn't be much left of the blade if I did hone it straight , so I set it aside and moved on .

if you repeat (a few or perhaps many times) whatever you did to remove the ink during the marker test along the length of the bevel in only two strokes, then I think I can say with confidence that your bevel will (with perseverance) set

but don't get sloppy or you can ruin the work you've already done. at least, that is my short experience with asymmetrical spines

OK, now I am freaking frustrated.

I decided to try something a bit different today, so I started with a taped spine. I did some exaggerated rolling x strokes, and used the marker test liberally, and I found that I was making progress. I set a bevel--it was feeling like a sharp pocket knife, like Lynn recommends, but not cutting any arm hair at that point. I figured "Don't push it, less is more, etc." so I moved to the 4K. Again, rolling Xs, marker test, making sure the edge was contacting...I was seeing slow but sure progress under the mag this time, so there was improvement over yesterday, but I wasn't feeling any gain in keenness...still the sharp pocket knife feeling. I tried a 4K/8K pyramid, again with marker test and the rolling Xs. The bevel was getting polished, the marker was going away, but NO GAIN IN KEENNESS. At the end of the pyramid, I have a nicely polished bevel under the microscope, and a razor that won't cut a damn thing.

So apparently that bevel wasn't set at all.

Back to square one.