Thread: Bevel questions

I took the time Sunday to carefully drill the pin and take the scales off my newest razor so I could clean it up a bit. After cleaning up some rust, I started to try and work out a small chip(as deep as a fingernail is thick) with the BBW side of my little combo. I got it halfway out when I noticed that the bevel is not uniform on both sides so I stoped. My questions are,(1) Is this a problem? (2) Is this normal in older(improperly honed) blades? (3) How can I fix this if it is a problem? Any suggestions you guys can give me about this would be great. The blade is a Faux frameback wedge, in case that needs to be taken into consideration. Also I don't think it is, but how can I tell if the spine is warped?


Thanks for the help
Louis.

IN the first pic does the bevel extend to the toe ? If it does I've seen worse re evenness.
Put the razor down on something flat & hold it up to the light. Any warpage will let light thru that you can see, but really I see a bigger problem with the pitting in that bevel. You will need to hone till you get a clean edge at least, even if some shallow pits remain in higher parts of the bevel.

Yes it extends to the toe you can make it out in the third photo.

Louis.

+1 to Oz. Those pits near the edge will need to be taken care of. I'd be tempted to find clean steel before I did anything else.

Originally Posted by Louis

Yes it extends to the toe you can make it out in the third photo.

Louis.

Looks like a little gap under the edge on 2nd pic but could be the table too.
Can't say for sure just from pics but doesn't look like warpage is a major issue.