Thread: Odd Hone wear

Thanks for confirming for me. By profile I meant it was narrow at the shoulder and considerably wider at the tip (if you were to look @ the blade from the perspective of pictures 3 and 4). The main reason I asked is because it looked like it was intentional... maybe to make it look like an early blade? Should any of that be maintained or should it be perfectly symmetrical?

Most users of SRP would call a blade wedge-shaped if the cross section of the blade resembles a wedge. The heel being lower than the toe is problably due to amateurish honing as well.

"Before 1800

Prior to 1800 blades and handles were wedge shaped. The Razor was wide at one end and tapered to a narrower point near the end where the pin was placed. The blade was wedge ground and its edge was straight."

(From Standard Guide to Razors)

Originally Posted by Kees

Most users of SRP would call a blade wedge-shaped if the cross section of the blade resembles a wedge. The heel being lower than the toe is problably due to amateurish honing as well.

Originally Posted by kennyloggins

it looked like it was intentional...
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Should any of that be maintained or should it be perfectly symmetrical?

It's almost guaranteed that was not intentional. Working on a 220K stone, you will be removing more metal from the mid-to-toe end of the edge. Try to just remove the minimal amount of metal from the heel end of the blade, so that the stabilizer won't begin interfering with honing strokes. If that should happen, that's fixable too. For now, just focus on slowly removing the frown.

I'm going to clean it up and try to turn the frown upside down over the next couple of days. I'll post pics of it fixed when I get a chance. Thanks for all of the advice.

Originally Posted by Morty

It's almost guaranteed that was not intentional. Working on a 220K stone, you will be removing more metal from the mid-to-toe end of the edge. Try to just remove the minimal amount of metal from the heel end of the blade, so that the stabilizer won't begin interfering with honing strokes. If that should happen, that's fixable too. For now, just focus on slowly removing the frown.