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The center of the blade only fails to hone on one side, which is why I believe that the blade is warped. Since I already have two great daily shavers, I'm thinking of this as more of an advanced...

Yeah, it looks to me like the spine is fairly straight and has no warping...just the edge. I've been fairly successful with the x pattern, but it's still not getting sharp in the center of the...

The water creates an even wave off of the front of the blade as I pass it over the hone, so I think the hone is lapped properly. It might just be a pressure thing since I'm trying the swooping x...

So it looks to me like the blade is warped...is there anything I can do to fix it, or is the blade a lost cause?

Ok, I have combined everyone's advice into one and this is what I'm doing now:

-marker tested the blade and found that the center on one side isn't being touched by the hone, so I have a...

nope, it says "Oxford Razor Warranted Germany" on one side, and "Germania Cutl. Works Germany" on the other

Ok, I will try the circle method on the 1K stone to see if I can get it sharper. Also, here's the photos as requested. Had this thing for about a year and haven't been able to get it sharp. Guess...

I have been trying to get an antique store straight razor to be shave ready for two days now. I've done the 1K/4K/8K pyramid, I've tried taping, I've tested it to make sure the blade wasn't warped...