Thread: Good Bevel, Slight Frown

Another alternative is to keep the spine off of the hone and work the razor on a coarser stone as you would a pocket knife until you have a blade profile you're looking for. Or a few layers of tape on the spine to begin with and remove layers as you progress. More than one way to get there. Doing the above is less damaging than breadknifing IMO and in the long run less work.

Thanks--this is also a great idea. If I end up wanting to straighten the edge a bit more, I'll try this. For now, I'm actually 90% happy with the edge so I'm in a "less is more" kind of mode with it. I've actually messed up a few blades that I had in good shape by fussing over them! I think I'll do 3-4 shaves with just stropping in between to see how it settles in.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Another alternative is to keep the spine off of the hone and work the razor on a coarser stone as you would a pocket knife until you have a blade profile you're looking for. Or a few layers of tape on the spine to begin with and remove layers as you progress. More than one way to get there. Doing the above is less damaging than breadknifing IMO and in the long run less work.

Here's a couple pictures of the razor. I still want to do some cleaning, but I thought I'd give you another look. I like the hammered tang.

The tail has a stamp 34-D-300 which I imagine is the model number. Robeson prided themselves on having razors for every type of face and event every type of male personality (the "nervous" man, for example!).