Thread: Uneven stropping between each side of the blade?

Is the angles used from left to right hand,has nothing to do with honing or stropping IMO, the blade cannot be sharper on one side and duller on the other.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Is the angles used from left to right hand,has nothing to do with honing or stropping IMO, the blade cannot be sharper on one side and duller on the other.

This is my thought pattern,
the edge is singular even if the bevels coming into it were at different angles like some chef's knives.

Originally Posted by pfries

This is my thought pattern,
the edge is singular even if the bevels coming into it were at different angles like some chef's knives.

Are you suggesting I need to test this with a chef's knife and see if the the same thing happens? I think it's probably technique at this point

But the edge could work differently left to right if the bevel is unequal? An extreme example might be a plane blade with bevel on one side only, you'd have to adjust the angle to get a sliver of wood from both sides. Steeper with the bevel, shallower without otherwise it would dig. If this is the case on the razor it'd be subtle but need a difference in angle between left and right. I guess an experienced user might do this automatically to compensate?

Anyhow, how would I check? I have a microscope and could photograph the edge on both sides to compare at the same scale?

If the razor has been honed, it's more common to have unequal sides due to honing issues than it is to produce that effect from bad stropping.