Thread: Help on honing an uneven blade

Hi gents,

I have a Dovo Silver Steel ebony that I got off ebay. It's in a very good condition apart from a sign of ding near the toe and it looks as if the previous owner tried to hone it out. So the razor is narrower at the toe than it is at the heel.

How should I hone this? Should I bk it so that its even first or should I just hone around it?



Cheers
Sy

Use the magic marker test. Basically take a sharpie along the edge on both sides. Do a few x-strokes, check to see if the marker is removed all across the blade.

If it is not removed, remark it and try a different stroke. Rinse and repeat until you find the magic.

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

Use the magic marker test... Rinse and repeat until you find the magic.

Or don't find the magic (marker) rather...

If it were me I would leave it alone and just hone it as is. The difference in width is nothing, and in fact what you have there is half a smiler anyway, which is no big issue at all. That is the only issue, isn't it - narrower at the toe than the heel? Or are there other things going on? The magic marker is good advice. I would by no means breadknife that blade.

James.

I dragged the blade across the tip of my thumb nail, and I can feel a few micro chips. So basically I should try to hone it as is and use mmt to find the type of stroke that works.

I have a few that are wider at the heel than at the toe. I do not think I had to get to crazy honing any of them

+1 on the mmt. -1 on bread knifing

Likely that all you need is a very slight roll to your x stroke. I have taken out small nicks in the front of the blade by circle honing the bevel from the toe to just behind the nick. Then circles on the whole bevel, then rolling strokes the rest of the way.

Michael

When you hone using the x stroke but a little arcing motion into the stroke, similar to windshield wipers.

Is that a chip in the edge below the 'L' in 'STEEL'?

Nope. There is a partly honed out chip at the toe though.