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    So then why does it shave so comfortably on one side and completely misses the other?

    I used an alcohol based A/S to determine the roughness of the edge, little to no burn. The edge is smooth.

    I am confused. The TPT doesn't really tell me anything. I use three fingers to check the edge and it is good all along the edge. Like I said I think there is one spot missing. But to leave almost 70% of one side of the face unshorn? Naw, that is something different.

    I am no honemeister, but the blades that I have honed up shave very well and I am comfortable with my progression and how I know to stop.

    So if the razor is sharp along the cutting edge, with no wire, then why is the blade missing so much of the non-dominant side of my face? I know, you'll say that it is not sharp along the edge because I said that one spot is missing. Your right but from a finger perspective it is sharp. That one little spot should not shave one side and not the other.

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    I think only one bevel is sharp. use the marker test on both bevels and doublecheck your stroke
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    I think Lee is right, in fact the "bevel" might look like this _-_-_-___- but very very very close so that there are actually multiple "bevels"

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    How can this > look like -_---_-_?

    Are you saying that the edge is "wavy"?

    I'll check it tonight, but that sounds strange and impossible.?

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    Look at it ehhhhh maybe, feel it on the hone yes....

    You can really feel this if you use a heel forward honing stroke and let the razor ride the hone... It can feel either bumpy or fast slow fast slow... If you use about a 50-60 degree heel forward angle and let the edge ride and it is silky smooth then this isn't your problem... this really becomes noticeable at about 4k for me, it tells me that I am not done bevel setting...oh yeah this is also about the time I start cussing profusely about ****** wedges...
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    + however many on the marker test. I think when you sharpie both bevels and hone with your X stroke you've been using, you're going to see more areas with marker staying put on the bevels that you realize.

    Whenever I lay a razor to a hone for the first time and after I've viewed how the razor lays on the hone on BOTH sides of the razor (visual test) I always always do the first few passes using the marker test. Always. It speaks volumes to me. It tells me what's making contact and what isn't. The marker test is the tool I use to "dial in" the necessary approach on a particular razor since ALL razors IME are unique to a degree. Man, it saves so much time and steel.

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    +1 Chris is actually telling you an easier way then I am.. I hone mostly by feel but he is right the marker test "SHOWS" you the problem then you can feel them also....

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    A lot said before me . i would say only
    you need to go 1k level and set the bevel first then move up.
    Remember wedge are a little tricky. You may need to do more work then you realize .

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    Ok so now I have a question.

    Marker test passed. All edges except the toe and the heel hit, which I corrected.

    However, when I looked at the edge in sharp light I noticed that there were spots about 1/8" wide that look either higher or lower. I gave it some circles. Did nothing, gave it some rolling xs, nothing. Gave it some heel forward, toe forward nothing. In fact all this has dulled the edge.

    WTF!!

    On the spots that look higher/lower should I use tape to even them out, he said knowingly?

    They are so slight that my camera, if it was running, would not pick it up.

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    You should keep honing with the stroke that passed the marker test until the problem is corrected

    tape if you wish, it will speed things up, but it won't correct any fundamental flaw
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