Thread: My new Kropp

You probably know this but for others with new and gorgeous razors:
It probably has not been honed. To save a lot of grief, have someone that knows what they are doing set the bevel and do the first honing.
That way the razor wouldn't have hone wear on the spine where too much pressure was applied nor will the bevel become over wide due to flexing. Those razors are thin and can flex on a hone. That seems to give almost no edge and a lot of hone wear unless the person really knows how. I ruint a 4/8ths one my self but it taught me a lot about new razors! Now I tape the spine on a flexible razor to set a bevel and then remove the tape for further careful honing.
Just my take on the subject.
~Richard

Uneven honewear by the sound of it. Does the heel end of the razor happen to be wider than the toe end?

That looks like a lovely example - I have a couple that belonged to my grandfather, but they're not as nice as that one.