If you guys ever receive a razor that has been poorly ground or has a lot of flattening of the spine and want to see how much honing you will have to do or decide whether to have it reground, here is a neat tip. Take either your Norton 8K stone or Coticule or whatever polishing stone you use and give the razor 5-10 X pattern strokes. Then, look at the edge and see if it is shiney all the way to the cutting surface. Depending on how far up the edge the shiney part is will be an indication of how much work you will have to do. If shiney all the way to the cutting part of the edge, you can start with a regular honing pyramid.
Good Luck.
Lynn