I honed this one today and shaved with it tonight. All though it shaves i think i can make it better. To inshure that the bevel would not be uneven i used 2 layers of tape when i should have just used one. the bevel is very small and it shave ok i think i would get a better shave if i left one layer off. I love the looks of the razor but the way the spine is shaped in an angle it makes the blade a little difficult to keep on the stone when i am pushing it away from me. I'll have to work on that. I cleaned the scales with soft scrub with bleach and a tooth brush and they turned out snow white. any way i thought i'd let ya'll know how it turned out.