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“Would it be heretical to stand the blade perpendicular to a stone and run the edge along the stone to get down to clean, consistent metal?”

Not at all, it is called bread knifing as some use a...

You guys are making this, way more complicated than it needs to be. 99 percent of vintage razors honed by new honers, that will not shave, is simply because the bevel was never fully set.

If the...

While bevel angle can make a difference, most commonly with Gold Dollar type razors or vintage razors with hone wear.

But I have never measured a bevel angle, of all the razors I have ever honed....

I routinely hone many new Dovo and TI razors. They are all ground differently, similar but different. Even the steel is different, some harder that other. And if you compare Vintage Dovo and TI’s to...

Steel does play a part, and with vintage razors, we have no idea about the conditions they have experienced. Blade design also plays a big part.

For example, your Unexcelled razor is a shoulder...