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English has pretty much summed up my belief, the edge is different and stiffer once a significant part of the blade is honed away. 1/16" on a 5/8 blade is 10% while it will be different it will...

Mark,
i thought about that but then carefully read the stickies and asked in the chat where the best place to place this was :)
i had thought the forge as well but since i was not making a...

9 to 18 degrees... sort of like the epa... 9000mpg highway / 8mpg city you mileage may vary...

so nobody cares to advance the theory that a blade with a 9 degree angle will cleave the hair...

by thicker are you meaning how wide the wear area is? ( much like the bevel area) or actual thickness of the blade at the spine.

I'm referring to the thickness of the spine itself, which with...

from my experience the spine, edge and entire bevel should all lay on the hone and thus be thinned equally but i have razors that i tape and some that i have "bread-knifed" but in the end i wonder if...

well i better dig out the calipers and start measuring.:hmmm:

A good burning yes, i see, but will that not endanger the temper of the blade?

Many folks have thought that bread-knifing was a "taboo" subject so here is another I'm guessing.

Taping the edge.

as we all know the a steep angle form edge to sine gives a more durable...