Quote Originally Posted by jeness View Post
Sorry for reviving the thread, but didn't want to start a thread with nearly the same name.
I got a Tosuke razor in a trade, and I have some quesions that are bothering me. The omote side is totally wedge shaped, it doesn't have hollowing, is this normal, or will this make any problems while honing? I don't know, but is seems like it was made this way. I suspect the razor was honed by some newbie, because the bevel on the ura side is about 1mm wide at the heel, and 2mm at the toe. Can this razor be honed to shave ready, or it needs some grinding? Can I/should I help to correct the problem with taping the spine so the bevel will be smaller? Thanks in advance for your help, I hope I can give new life to this razor, because it looks very nice, and I always wanted to try a kamisori

A picture might help ....
but more importantly use a magic marker
to discover how the razor interacts with
the hone.

Mark it with a color that is easy to see
and give the razor one hone stroke on
each side with a stone that is about 4K.
If the hone wipes the marker ink from
the bevel well with a light touch it does
not matter if the bevel is 1mm, 2mm or what ever.