Thread: Weird Secondary Bevel Lower Than The Spine

Thought I would post this and see if anyone else has come across a bevel like this. Anyway setting the bevel on a S.R. Droescher near wedge made in France and after a few strokes I could see the new bevel being set, but it was a secondary bevel. I wasn't using tape and the spine was resting on the hone. I couldn't figure out how someone could have set a bevel lower than the spine. If it was a full hollow I could see it maybe with a ton of pressure and having to bend the blade, but not with a near wedge. Anyone ever come across a bevel like this or any insight as to how it could have been formed?

I haven't seen that before, but I suppose in theory you could get a bevel like that by letting the spine hang off the edge of the hone, or (gasp!) someone ran it through one of those knife sharpeners where you pull it through the "V", if you know what I mean. Do you have magnification? Can you see the scratch pattern on what is left of the original bevel?

James.

The original bevel is gone now, but it looked like someone did x-strokes so I don't think it was from a knife sharpener. I thought of having the spine off the hone, but that would take forever to hone only being able to move a tiny bit and keeping it steady. Either way I am stumped. I wonder if a dished out hone could have caused it.

Other than a V-type sharpener, to create that geometry, it would have to be a hump vs. a dish in the hone. For it to be visible would require a substantial hump that's also narrower than the blade.
That sounds like a grinding wheel to me...

I didn't think of that. It would have to be a fine grinding wheel cause it was fairly sharp and the scratch pattern looked higher than 4k. It is an ugly bevel too, but that doesn't concern me aslong as it shaves beautifully.

Could have used something like a Tormek which works wonderfully for chisels and hand plains but not so good for razors.

This is the razor http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...ml#post1018994 The bevel is pretty ugly, but it shaved beautifully once I finished it on the stones.