Thread: Ace gets over the hump, well, kinda

Hi Ace,

Can you post a picture of the razor you've been working on? If it's an old one, it may have hone wear from its previous life. That hone wear could, in addition to pressure, contribute to your wide bevels by reducing the blade's angle to the hone.

I think breadknifing may be adding rather than subtracting time from your total honing. The only really good reason to breadknife is to grind past nicks or corrosion on the edge. To reset a bevel, you only need to hone past the existing worn (slightly convex) edges and replace them with two flat, intersecting planes. That doesn't require the removal of nearly as much metal as does reestablishment following a breadknifing.

Patience is key.

Good luck. I really hope you're rewarded with a success soon!