Thread: How do I fix an eneven bevel

I have been doing a lot of honing level and after what felt like a plateau in my learning curve for the last couple of weeks I have been getting great results and producing edges that shave awesome. One consistent problem I have on most of my honed razors are uneven bevels. It seems to happen on newer razors as well as some older ones so that leaves me to believe that it may be more than just a warped blade. Most of the time when I view the edge under the microscope the heal and toe have matching bevels but it gets gust a hair wider in the middle of the blade. Incidentally when I am polishing I notice that the entire blade sometimes does not push water evenly. Sometimes there are one or two little spots where the water breaks and not push. It seems to happen in the places where the bevel is wider. HOw do I fix this? Is this a pressure issue? I know it doesn't much matter since I am getting good shaves, and its not a matter of getting a sharper edge, just that it bothers me knowing its there. Most of the time its barely even visible to the naked eye.

Perhaps if you mention something about your equipment and honing methods we could be of more assistance.

Lap the stone and reduce pressure. Tilt the stone to a different orientation. It sounds trivial but the position of the scales is critical during the honing stroke. Too closed and the edge gets crushed by all that extra weight. Too open and the razor is doing "wheelies" as it runs down the hone.

The correction is simply applying addition pressure in a way that would fix the issue; more pressure on the thin bevel side. Be very careful to ensure you apply pressure as consistently and evenly as possible. And, genuinely consider that whenever you add pressure you've got a great opportunity to screw things up even more.

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

Lap the stone and reduce pressure. Tilt the stone to a different orientation. It sounds trivial but the position of the scales is critical during the honing stroke. Too closed and the edge gets crushed by all that extra weight. Too open and the razor is doing "wheelies" as it runs down the hone.

The correction is simply applying addition pressure in a way that would fix the issue; more pressure on the thin bevel side. Be very careful to ensure you apply pressure as consistently and evenly as possible. And, genuinely consider that whenever you add pressure you've got a great opportunity to screw things up even more.

So if I need to apply more pressure on the heal and toe would I use my other hand and fingers to gently push down on the blade on these areas? To answer above question on my Chorosa I do 3 sets of of 20 circles followed by 15 or so x strokes in each set. I start with a slurry and dilute it on the second set and by the 3rd set I use no slurry at all. I then move to 3k and do 1 set of 20 circles medium pressure followed by 15 x strokes then 20 circles light pressure followed by 15 x strokes. Move to 5k 20 x strokes lighter pressure. move to 8k 20 x no pressure then finish on 12k 20 x strokes no pressure. 5 laps on Chromium oxide strop. 50 lenin 100 leather. I mainly use all Naniwas.