Originally Posted by
Atchbo
Thanks, guys. I honed the bejesus out of this razor to try to get it all worked out.
In the end, I managed to get a lot of hone wear and some flat surfaces, but I think I ground harder I to the heel spine than the toe spine on one side so I have a new problem. C'est la vie.
I needed diamond to work through all the steel though, after trying all the stones from 1200 through 8000 and a coticule and a phig with some mystery nagura. In the end, I got through the wedgy metal with diamond psa sheets on flat marble tile (15 micron down to .5 micron) and a lot of elbow grease and swarf.
However, one of the slurries (I reckon) has the edge slightly worn in from the plane of the bevel and resulted in a useless shave. The irony is that this blade was wicked sharp before the 'repair'. Oh well. Maybe I'll learn a little more from this blade yet.
Thanks for the ideas!