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Yeah, too true, I'm giving it another whirl this evening, just the 4/8 and 16, maybe a conservative pyramid, with a lot of attention on the water displacement at the edge of the blade...

Great, ta, so really, at the end of the day, I may as well just keep using the adapted stroke, really? I guess one thing's for sure, this razor is pushing me to learn more about honing and maybe use...

Actually, I was thinking last night that there is actually and advantage in a way to a wide bevel. For those of us without microscopes or loupes, you can really see what's going on with a wide...

Yeah, 'tis warped. I need to rock it on the hone to get contact on all of one edge (but not the other side???). Maybe the spine is uneven? Anyway, it's shaving, Jim, but not as we know it...
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Thanks a heap, that's really helpful. The photos are exactly what mine is like, as you say! Actually, the last 3/4 of a CM or so at the toe isn't even touching the hone when it's laid flat (but only...

I AM using tape, albeit one layer only. And yes, I know at times I'm completely illogical, you just need to read the words under my avatar to realise that :-)

Best wishes, Carl

Hi regularjoe,
Sorry, I don't mean to be dismissive about the extra layers of tape, of course it's a valid option. The reason I am choosing not to use extra tape is I want to even out the whole of...

This is where I'm up to at the moment...

http://straightrazorpalace.com/shave-day/80895-sun-february-26th-sat-march-3rd-14.html#post931590

Hi twogun. Thanks for the comment re my honesty! Yeah, I was brave, wasn't I? There's probably a bunch of people saying "He did WHAT, the idiot!!!"

Hi onimaru55. Thanks, that's much...

Hi regularjoe,
Yes, I do realise adding layers of tape will increase the steepness of the angle and thereby have an effect on the wideness of the bevel. I'm not overly fussed about a wide bevel; I...

I thought I'd report back on how it went. There's some really important stuff in a couple of the replies above. Lynn seems to sum things up in just a few words. He said "...I actually find that...

Hi again everybody,
Thanks Lynn and Oz. I posted the reply to Oz, Lynn, and I think your reply was posted as I was typing the other reply! Yeah, does sound like it has several bevels if my...

Hi Oz,
Thanks for that. I haven't actually seen any descriptions of using the marker, so I just sort of painted the edge about 2 mils thickness. The edge did seem odd when i looked at it closely,...

Thanks for the replies, guys. I considered using several layers of tape to create a second bevel. The edge is wide now already, as stated. I guess if I continued with one layer of tape I'd get...

I received a very nice De Pews razor the other day and have been trying to hone it over the last couple of nights. The razor is a small near wedge; I do understand that there are very few razors...