Thread: Troubleshooting an eBay Special

you can try circles @ ~45 deg heel leading , then toe leading then regular x-stroke, this worked for me several times when I had problems with toe or heel.
from the pic it seems that the heel is fairly worn out, the edge is pretty much cutting into the shoulder. What happens is right now you are honing the shoulder until it evens with the edge, then your heel will get sharp. What I found is that when you do angled circles with toe or heel leading you are taking care of those problematic areas and eventually you even them out with the middle of the blade, then regular x-stroke should take care of even sharpness on the entire edge. I think this technique(or very similar)is explained in the old barbers manual that Jimmy often refers to.