Spine and edge not flush when flat
Looking for some advice. Recently purchased a razor, I guess I got to enamored with finally finding something that fit what I was looking for and didn't look it over as well as a I should have. I touched the razor up today on my balsa strop, and noticed the edge didn't look like it was completely making contact. Sure enough, when I lay the blade flat on a glass surface, one side the toe edge doesn't touch when the spine is flat, and on the other side the heel edge doesn't touch when the spine is flat. The gap is enough to slide a piece of paper between the edge and flat surface, possibly a touch more. Also to clarify, this is just a simple everyday work horse razor that doesn't need to be exceptionally pretty. Are my only options learning the rolling x strokes? Any other suggestions or input would be much appreciated.
Such is life.. Can't find anything today
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