So trying to hone a Greaves razor, fighting 2 issues. The minor one is that the spine thickness flares out near the toe. But the main issue is that the blade is bent (or warped) about 1/4 of the way back from the toe. So while I have set the bevel on one side completely, there is a section of the concave side where the stone has yet to touch the edge. The photo below gives an idea - you can see that neither the edge nor the spine are have any contact with the hone at the minimum point (and yes I did lap the stone before starting).
Clearly this razor was honed in the past - you can see that there is a remnant of the old bevel, which has a much more obtuse angle. As I see it my options are:
1) Just keep doing what I’m doing until I can establish the new bevel all across the edge. So far I’ve been using a 2k Shapton, but I do have coarser stones I can move to.
2) add some tape, which at least will change the amount of steel I’m having to remove. Currently the bevel angle is 17.7 deg, so not sure I want to go any fatter than that.
3) Try to hone the remaining section of the edge using the corner of a honing stone or some other solution that allows me to access the bevel. I do have a honing rod that would do this, and alternatively I could use W/D sandpaper and EdgePro honing film wrapped around a wine bottle cork. Certainly though I would have to question the quality of such an edge and the ability to maintain it.
4) Other?
Clearly this razor was honed in the past - you can see that there is a remnant of the old bevel, which has a much more obtuse angle. As I see it my options are:
1) Just keep doing what I’m doing until I can establish the new bevel all across the edge. So far I’ve been using a 2k Shapton, but I do have coarser stones I can move to.
2) add some tape, which at least will change the amount of steel I’m having to remove. Currently the bevel angle is 17.7 deg, so not sure I want to go any fatter than that.
3) Try to hone the remaining section of the edge using the corner of a honing stone or some other solution that allows me to access the bevel. I do have a honing rod that would do this, and alternatively I could use W/D sandpaper and EdgePro honing film wrapped around a wine bottle cork. Certainly though I would have to question the quality of such an edge and the ability to maintain it.
4) Other?