Thread: When is hone wear bad?

Most all of the wedge type razors I have show a heavier hone strip at the spine and a wider bevel than my hollow ground blades do. Hone wear will show heavier on the wedge types faster than the hollows due to the geometry of the blade grind. This is typical and does not signal a lot of honing. A lot of us tape the spine on wedge type razors to reduce the metal removal and speed up the honing process. It also keeps the hone wear at the spine to a minimal. I believe there was a post a while ago on this topic investigating weather there was a method of honing the wedges types that differed from our current method. Some of us have purchased a vintage wedge with minimal hone wear at the spine. When we hone it up the hone wear becomes significant almost instantly, which is what inspired the thread. I don't believe this question was resolved. Sorry, I don't have the time to search for the thread right now. I believe Glen had numerous posts to the thread and maybe created it. Maybe he will read this post and locate the thread for you.

Keep the blade and enjoy your shaves with it!