Thread: Xs and rolling Xs

Originally Posted by mrsell63

You articulated that problem very well but nobody who might know the secret remedy to your problem seems to want to respond. I have run into these situations also and recently I have honed a Dovo #98 Pearlex ( brand new ) that I found to be warped.

I took a que from the old standard barber manual ( find the PDF version in a search ) and it says to put a slight smile in the blade edge by pressing more on the toe for a few strokes and pressing more on the heel for a few strokes until the edge width is more consistent along the entire length of the edge. This method worked for my particular problem on the Dovo 98 and it now shaves satisfactorily.

I also have a Prima Silver Steel that has an even more pronounced warp and I am still working on that edge. Dovo is nolonger my favorite manufacturer.

Hopefully someone will respond to you with a different or better remedy for your problem. Jerry

Yes your right i have dovo pealex and prima klang both brand new i just brought a ti even that one side is flat and the side the last inch does'nt touch the hone its crazy there all as bad i have nearly 30 razor restores and new ones the new ones are worse.

I use marker and make sure you ajust your stroke to water in front of the edge. I prefer to roll acordingly to how bad the razor is. Flat x pattern will work on the middle sections as the heal comes of hone i also use enought pressure to keep edge down just by twisting forward slightly.

If marker is just left along cutting edge you just have a double bevel just hone untill gone. The same thing still iritates me now. first thing i do now is put marker on new razor athew laps on my finest stone if its removed i will shave if not i will rehone it untill marker and bevel are good for me.