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Here's what I'm wondering about with shave angle.
Let's say you end up with a 15* bevel for whatever reason. Are you likely to get the best shave with a 15* shave angle?

*note: I think the...

Was his book applauded? or was he just deemed a lunatic. :)

Howard, as a lifelong honer give us your thoughts on bevel angle (generally speaking).

* Is there a range of bevel angles, outside...

Ummm, no. No need for a chart. It's just triangle geometry. You have 3 sides and 3 angles. Given any 3 of those values you can solve for the other 3. If you want to know the bevel angle produced by...

I think that's what Russel said. Don't throw it out if it shaves well just because the angle is out of the "norm". Russel's observations were that the bevel angles from the mfgs fall in a relatively...

Well, yes. But I think the assumption is that the spine wears and gets thinner as the edge wears and gets closer to the spine. So the bevel angle is maintained closer to what it started as the razor...

OK! for a relative feel

My 5/8 Dovo Micarta has (roughly) the following dimensions:
15.875 mm from spine (where it contacts layed flat) to edge
5 mm spine width

That's going to give me an...

That's what I was ruminating about earlier. Even if the hone wear spots on the spine get wider (and flatter) the spine should still decrease in width at the same rate it did when the hone wear spots...

Not true with a wedge right? Maybe only with full hollows?

Ok... I thought some more about that last bit. (and now my brain hurts and I'm disoriented and confused).

I was thinking about a single particle on a hone. It cuts a groove in the steel passed...

I only have 3 different razors to look at but all three have a sort of "edge" or taper to the spine where it would contact the hone. Are they all that way? That would also be consistent in that it...

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

What I haven't heard a definitive answer on is how exactly spine width is designed when making a razor. Do makers of razors design the spine width exactly...