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uneven wear on spine and blade
This is an old razor that i restored a few weeks back.
Before i begin i should mention that the blade itself is almost dead straight - no smile, no frown. If i put a caliper on it the back would be the same size as the front. This is how i received the blade.
On one side the spine wear is more at the back and hardly touched at the top
On the other side the wear is reversed, lots of wear on the end and hardly any wear at the start
The blade itself has a similar wear patten..
At the end where there is no wear there is a slight bevel and at the end where there is lots of wear there is a large bevel.
My guess is because its reversed on both sides its kept the blade straight... otherwise the bevel would be closes to the spine at either the front or the back...
Now my question is... should this be corrected or should i leave it?
I have honed it although only to get an edge to see how it shaves and it shaves good, i wouldn't say its great. I also find that i need to re-strop half way through my shave with this blade, i mean i could complete the whole shave but if i re-strop it makes the shave much better.
If this was corrected would it shave better.
or
should i just correct it as i re-hone it each time?
Is this seen on old blades some times?
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