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Sonny082
I am a new oldie at this and have read a good bit about this over the past years. If you are sharpening with a honing stone that has an uneven surface, it can cause the type of uneven sharpening as you speak of. Check your razor hone to see if it is completely flat or to make certain that you are using a hone that has been lapped. If the stone is truly flat, it will remove the same amount of metal at all points on the blade, if it is not completely flat it will not. Take a straightedge and lay on your stone and move it across the stone to make certain that there are no low or raised spots on your honing stone. Hope that helps some; just something else to check out. Sonny082
That's true _if the edge is straight_ in 3 dimensions.
But with a completely flat stone, and a straight spine (another assumption):
If the blade is warped (wrapped around a cylinder), you'll get one wear pattern on one side, a different wear pattern on the other side.
If the edge "smiles" or "frowns", you'll get an uneven wear pattern, but it will be the same on both sides of the blade.
Life is complicated.
Charles