Quote Originally Posted by U2Bono269 View Post
I'm not sure how to describe this issue,
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For instance: if I hone on one side of the razor, the edge makes good contact
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How could I deal with this? Is it something that can be "honed out?"
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And thanks for putting up with incessant honing inquiries.
This sort of thing will sort itself out... so yes this will hone out.
Note well: I have found that if I set out to hone this type of problem
away at one go I make it worse.

Some problems are true warping and other
are the result of previous hones and users.
The best tool is the magic marker test. If you
can find a hone stroke that smoothly wipes the
marker ink from the edge you are good to go.

I do mark both the edge and the spine.

I like to think that a flat hone and some "ideal" hone strokes
will pull a razor back over time. While it is coming back X strokes,
swoops and other strokes will keep it shaving.

In some cases I have resorted to a DMT and/or film on
glass because they are so flat and wide.

Also a good trick is tape. If the spine
is awful the tape will wear off the nasty lumps
quick enough that the edge will see a flat
hone more than not.

Again, I have found that if I set out to hone this type of problem
at one go I make it worse. I start with "ideal" hone strokes
then adjust and finish with strokes that wipe the ink off.

That reminds me... I have a 7/8 WB that needs a visit.
I once thought it a potato chip... but it was mostly a previous
owner with an aggressive narrow hone.

Slow and steady use a marker.