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I think most barber hones are narrower than most blades. So it is easy to hone badly -- to take more metal off the middle of the blade, than off the toe and heel. If you use a "straight...

Sharpening a frowning edge on a narrow stone isn't difficult. Sharpening a frowning edge on a wide stone (like a Norton bench stone), is not straightforward.

I think the frowns developed...

FWIW (I may be out of my depth here) --

1. One alternative is keeping the frown, and getting the edge sharp. Since there are a _lot_ of old razors with frowns, I suspect the shave would be OK. ...