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I'm not positive what the grit was. I used my grandfather's old whetstone. It's red on one side and black on the other. It's coarser than my 4000 grit stone, so I'd guess 8000 or 1000 grit for one of...

I followed someone's advice and removed the frown. I moved the blade backwards across a whetstone at a 60-degree angle or so until the frown disappeared. Now, the blade is dull as dirt. I've been...

Thank you, everyone! I never knew it was called a frown. Searching for "concave blade" was one of my first thoughts, and that gave me some results I didn't expect.

When I set my razor edge down on a flat surface, so that the back is pointing to the ceiling, I notice a slight concave curve on the edge. In other words, there's a very slight gap between the blade...