Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
Don't know why it is doing that I would have to see the spine, to get an idea of hone wear, but even so bad hone wear could have been from a warped razor..

Two ways to hone around this..

1. What is called a rolling or rocking X stroke which basically means you are going to master some honing Gymnastics to get a shaving edge.. Or you can set the spine on a low grit stone and try and even it up by grinding away steel..

2. A simple Tape Trick, Put one layer of 3M 700 electrical tape (or another quality type) as perfectly even as possible on the spine.. Holding the razor at the toe and tang with the pressure on the spine (the edge will barely touch) rub the spine on a 1k stone as evenly as possible, this will wear out the tape unevenly, as soon as you either hit steel or have a wear pattern all the way across on one side STOP, turn the razor over and repeat on the other side.. This is going to wear out the tape in the high spots, and leave the tape in the low spots givning you an pretty even spine... STOP
DO NOT remove that piece of tape until you are ready to strop, now add another layer of tape and Hone normally some razors that are really bad will require 2 layers of tape over the corrective layer...
It is a trick, it will not repair the razor, and you are going to have to use the same trick every time you hone, but it will work and it will give you a nice tight even bevel at the edge.
Assuming of course you do your part
I have a couple of razors I am going to try this on. I was trying to figure out a way to do this and poof, you posted it. Im afraid I am going to need some more practice under my belt before I try. I watched your video with the rolckng x and have had good results on some of those razors.