Thanks for all the answers!

Quote Originally Posted by jnats View Post
Please check the spines and the bevels right away. Make sure they lay flat. I own a Bismarck, I was unlucky in purchase of mine (new) and without any ordered honing and 'lucky' on the stone to correct it.

A beautiful razor, that's why I bought mine. But mine and some others have had serious quality control problems: bent blades, uneven frowning bevels and uneven hone wear (on new razors!)...
Well this was actually my reason for this thread. My first one was and still is, flawless. The one with the "updated" spine however, is a different story. It is slightly bent, so there's uneven hone wear now. It looked good in store though.

But the most important thing to me: With a little bit of work I got it to be a great shaver.