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You should go on the road! ;) Yeah. That was it in the end. It was, predictably, MY fault. The initial warp was eliminated by honing in a smile, but the final issues with the bevel at the toe...

I give up. I give up i give up igiveupigiveup.

4 hours. FOUR HOURS of honing on this thing. I honed in a bit of a smile after reading Smythe's post here--this razor had a frown when I got it,...

Darn my fine red hair.

Can you send me your arm? Left is fine, or whatever. I'll send it back good as new, minus some hair, of course.

I promise.

OK, now I am freaking frustrated.

I decided to try something a bit different today, so I started with a taped spine. I did some exaggerated rolling x strokes, and used the marker test liberally,...

Well, I checked by setting the razor edge down on the hone and it looked flat, but you're right, there could be a couple of micrometers there. I'll look into it...

And I have been contemplating...

The ink was gone out to the edge under 100x magnification. What I can't be sure of was the nature of the strokes...I might have been more careful, to be honest. I was getting a bit frustrated, and...

In an update, I tried to get a bit more "scientimific" tonight. The marker test? Ink totally worn away across the bevel in two strokes. But still no joy on getting an edge, and the scratches in...

Soooo...I got this razor, and it had a bit of a frown. Quite a bit, actually. I tried the method suggested somewhere here of using an "exaggerated rolling X" to hone down the heel and toe, and I...