Hi all,

On my most recent razor, I noticed that I could only get the first half of the blade sharp (toe side), and that the reason was an imperfection in my grinding technique (shoulder/stabilizer area was too low, or in other words, the hollow was 1-2 mm narrower at the heel than the toe). I think I also have a wide spot in the blade in the middle, where the smile has a bit of an uneven curve and would 'teeter' on this wide spot if set on a flat surface (like checking for a frown).

I went all the way back to a DMT 220, King 1200, and Norton 4/8 to re-shape the spine (grind through the shoulder) but this of course has left me with lots of hone wear. It's closer to even, but still likely not perfect. So my question is this: where you have a blade that has minor imperfections, do you prefer to fix by heavy honing, re-grinding, or working around it with rolling X strokes, etc?