Thread: Odd Hone wear

Originally Posted by kennyloggins

The blade shape is almost wedge shaped (not the grind but the profile).

Hi Ken,
I'm not certain what you men by "the profile" being wedge shaped but I assume you are referring to the edge defect. Your razor has a really bad "frown" from improper honing by a previous owner. You really don't have much of a choice but to remove the frown first, before you even think of setting a bevel. YMMV, but I would not choose to "bread knife" that razor if it belonged to me. I would use circle strokes on a 220K stone until the frown was reduced to a perfectly straight edge. Then I would move to a 1000K stone to set a bevel. IMHO, bread knifing the razor first can result in excessive hone wear when removing the resulting thick metal at the heel and toe. But again, YMMV.

gssixgun posted an excellent thread a while back in the honing forum on how he works on ebay junk razors that need edge repair first (as yours does) before moving on to regular honing. It would be worth your time searching for it or perhaps someone else will remember when he posted it.
Namaste,
Morty -_-