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That 4k is a major test of my patience. This thing takes time!
It seems that the hopes of getting this thing sorted out is marginal, the bevel almost disappeared at the toe and there is still not...

Now I am closing in. I decided to just try hone out the warp, so that it is totally straight at the edge. I am getting there slowly, but surely. The bevel is not the most even in the world, but I...

Now I am getting somewhere. I have just been doing flat strokes, trying to get the entire edge to touch the hone.
It is really closing in now, but this is it for today. Gotta get out. (but first I...

I think the blade is slightly warped, on one side the marker only disappeared in the mid-section, and on the other side only the sides.
After quite a bit of honing, the side where only the middle...

The water is being pushed up on the blade, not only in front of it.

Here is the stuff I have: 4/8 Norton, 12K and chrome on felt. What I don't have is lower grit stones, magnification equipment...

I am still learning to hone, and have one problem: the razor just gets less and less sharp the more I hone. The razor I am honing is a Dovo 5/8 carbon steel.
What I am wondering about here is if...