Thread: Spine and edge not flush when flat

Originally Posted by Galaxy51

A cheap shot at a solution might be to use tape to take up the difference where the spine doesn't contact the hone.
(at the toe on one side and at the heel on the other)

There is a tape trick like what you are describing but it is a little more detailed than that ...


I will try and find you the thread where I wrote it all out so I don't have to type it all over again

Ok apply one layer of tape, and apply it long so it is well onto the tang

Hone on a 1k stone concentrating pressure toward the spine not toward the edge using two hands, you are setting the piece of tape to the razor not honing the edge...
Once the tape is worn across the one side on the spine you should notice that the wear is un-even and follows the un-even wear in the spine in reverse, I stay on the one side until the tape is just barely touching bare metal in the high spots..

Flip the razor and repeat on the other side..

Now you have a razor that has a piece of tape that has evened up the spine the tape filled in the low spots and is worn off the high spots, pretty much the same principle as using Layout Blue.

Now without removing that bottom layer of tape until you are done honing, you can apply a layer (s) over that and you should get a nice even bevel, apply the top layer a bit shorter then the bottom one at the tang so you can change the top layer as needed without distrubing the bottom layer...


It is a slick little trick, to have in your quiver of arrows