Thread: Need to grind down my razor's shoulder

I send my razor to be sharpened by a very kind, very skilled gentleman. This last time around he said that I'll need to have the shoulder ground down in order to properly sharpen it next time. I'm not exactly sure what he means or how to do it. Can you guys please help? Thanks!

I think he means that the edge is getting closer to the shoulder. The edge near the heel with start to push past the shoulder/stabilizers to where they will stick out farther than the edge. I hope that makes sense. You would have to take the shoulder/stabilizers to a coarse stone to try and push them farther up, but not grinding the edge away. I am not really sure as to how to explain how to do it so I hope someone else that knows will be able to explain it alot better.

you need to reprofile the heel/shoulder area so that when honing the razor the shoulder does not get in the way.

Well that didn't seem to hard to explain. lol I just couldn't put it into words.

I show how to do it in one of my vids but I can't remember which one

Gssixgun did it in his Restoration Breadknifing part1 video. It was about 4:58 and 5:17 into the video. Remember its just the heel and not the whole edge. Be careful no to hit the edge so you wont have to rehone the razor. Btw good video