Thread: Toeheavy Hone Wear

I just recieved this Bengall from an e-bay. It was sold in a lot of 3 razors. The one I really wanted is in sweet condition, This was just a bonus.
However the hone wear is very heavy at the toe end. It will be getting the full restore process but i haven't honed anything with such uneven wear before.
Any tips, should I be trying to even out the wear with some grinding or just hone it as it is???
Thanks

Heckuva bonus looks to have a slight frown too. If it was me I would do a partial breadknife from the heel forward to even out the frown. No further towards the point than necessary. Then I would tape the spine and do circles on a coarse stone to get the bevel back and proceed with normal honing from that point.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

...Then I would tape the spine and do circles on a coarse stone to get the bevel back and proceed with normal honing from that point.

JimmyHAD, a followup question...

The side of the spine is honed unevenly, being honed much more toward the tip of the blade. Should anything be done about that to even it out any?

Originally Posted by LarryAndro

JimmyHAD, a followup question...

The side of the spine is honed unevenly, being honed much more toward the tip of the blade. Should anything be done about that to even it out any?

I don't know. What I would do is based more on the intuitive than experience. Oddly enough I honed a razor in similar condition just the other day. Take a look at ebay item # 290362279049 here. Ebay's new photo arrangement won't let me save it to my files.

I particularly wanted this Wester Stone Co. Manganese to replace one I foolishly sold in '06. Unless I really want a razor for the brand or whatever I won't bother with one in that condition. Fortunately the Wester had been a 6/8 and even after profiling the edge fropm the heel to where the frown was corrected (not breadknifing all of the edge) and honing to shave ready I still had a 5/8 at the point and 11/16 progressing towards the heel.

The OP's razor looks to me like it is going to be a 4/8 at best when it is done and personally I wouldn't invest the time in it unless I just wanted to do it for the experience. BTW, my suggestions may be 'wrong'..... Just what I would do.

On the Wester I breadknifed it with a DMT 600 and than did circles and back and forth strokes. When it would do a reasonable TNT I changed over to a 1k Naniwa and continued into a pyramid with 3k and 5k Naniwas. I finished it on a Y/G Escher and stropped and shaved.