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LOL! Sorry. Anyway I think you got the gist of it and fingers crossed you get it back ready to shave with.

Quite right. He obviously was sending too much of his honing pressure to the spine and not enough to the edge. I could have wrote half a book on all the perceived flaws in this, his first attempt at...

That's the smart way.

My face is proof that this is not necessarily so. Of course the chip should be removed. But often if it is not, it is not the end of the world. The bigger it is, the more likely it is to cut, and the...

Oh and next razor you hone, make it a more expendable one. A decent American mass produced vintage razor or an old Solingen razor will be fine, if it hasn't been honed all crazy. A new Gold Dollar...

If it is brand new and you have not lapped it, then no, it is NOT flat. It is only flat if you make it flat and is only flat then until it has been used enough to no longer be flat. You need to learn...