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04-09-2019, 06:30 PM #1
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Thanked: 0Setting new bevel.
I'm totally new to straight razors, but have been sharpening knives by hand for years. Straight razors seem to be a logical next stop, so I bought an old Spike straight razor that I cleaned up, and sent through a full progression of stones (500-2000-5000-10000, Imperia, stropping) to put a new edge on it. That included removing a small frown in the blade. I've shaved with it a few times now, but I'm suspecting that it should shave more cleanly that it is. I'm curious if during the process of grinding down the edge to fix the frown, if I may have thrown off the geometry between the edge and the spine, resulting in an edge that isn't as steep as it should be. Does this happen? Would one just grind down the spine a little bit to fix that? Does anybody even know what I'm talking about? Because I'm only 75% sure that I understand myself.