Thread: W&B Project

Well this is where the hard stuff comes, it's not that you can't do it, but it takes a lot of experience to learn how to set the bevel when the razor is challenging. Barbers generally haven't had to do this type of edge restoration, what they usually do is just maintenance. Of course some barbers can, but it's just not something that they're expected to do.
It's quite possible that the steel is bad and the razor is at the stage of being just a decoration too, or it may be just a matter of more work, the thing is that unless you have the experience you can't really tell, and there isn't a shortcut to getting there.

You should be able to get the razor with the hones you have (I know that almost anybody here would consider that edge after the 6k and stropping inferior, but if that's your current standard and you're happy with it, you can get any good razor there with the hones you have). 1000 grit is pretty good for doing bevel work. I've spent hours on some razors on the 1k level just because I wanted to be extra careful and slowly take away the bad steel and no more than that, while at the same time preserving the condition as close to what it was, so speeding the work with increasing the pressure was out of question (on flexible blades it's counterproductive and widens the bevel unnecessarily).

So, don't feel bad, but if you don't have anybody good locally to do it in person the next most useful thing would be to mail it to somebody that's really good and ask for their feedback on what was the problem and how they did it.
Otherwise the standard recipe would be stay on the 1k level until the bevel is properly set no matter how long that takes, but you don't really know what a properly set bevel is, or what problems may be preventing you to get there. Using sharpie marker and magnification you can detect double bevel and if your magnification is high quality you can also detect rotten or just poor quality steel, but that's the stuff that you should've already picked up from just reading the honing section, so I suspect it isn't a new info that'll help you.

References - as it was suggested, take a look at the classifieds in the member services section and you'll find a whole lot of people. Of course, they all have different level of experience, but any on the present list is more than good enough to fix your razor if it's fixable.

As above. 30 strokes on 1k on an old Sheffield is wishful thinking for a new bevel but on a +ve note the bevels look pretty true, just relying on the pics.
I doubt you have a warped blade but someone whose done a few could tell you for sure
As Gugi said steel quality can be a big ? on old razors but it will be evident to an experienced honer after a bit of hone time on it.