Hello All,

So I have been shaving with a straight razor for about a year now and things have been going pretty well. The one problem I am having is shaving ATG. The razor seems to not want cut through the hair (it tents to want to bounce) even though WTG and XTG is fine. I assume that this is probably a sign my razor is not sharp enough. I have been using a Norton 4000/8000 for sharpening and finishing with a leather strop with 0.5 micron diamond spray followed my normal stropping. Also, I have been using the pyramid honing method. I have noticed that my bevel is not a consistent width and I'm not sure what the problem is (see the drawing below). I thought that this could be caused by a warped blade, but I would think that the area on the opposite side of the narrow bevel would be wider and this is not the case. The razor is a Dovo "best quality" 6/8 razor, which was bought new a year ago. Any ideas on how to fix this problem?


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