I think I got a bum blade on my brand new Dovo 5/8ths Tortoise Special.
I just don't have enough experience to be sure.
I have two other straights, and I have no problem honing them. Nothing fancy, I just use a Norton 4k/8k, and then strop and have been satisfied thus far. After I master this stone, I will move up to another degree of keeness.
But this Dovo is giving me problems, and I am honing it with the same technique that works on my other blades. The wear on the spine is very uneven. Broad at the shoulder and tapering to narrow at the head. On that side there is no bevel on the edge below the head.
On the other side, the wear on the spine is U shaped.
The edge of the blade is keen and smooth in the middle, but the ends of the blade feel ragged to my thumb. And the bevel is uneven up and down the blade on both sides. I can't shave with it.
Could my blade be out of whack from the factory... not symetrical maybe?
Please let me know if you have any theories or questions.
And thanks in advance. (I feel a little guilty asking for help, since this is my first post and I haven't contributed beforehand.)
I just don't have enough experience to be sure.
I have two other straights, and I have no problem honing them. Nothing fancy, I just use a Norton 4k/8k, and then strop and have been satisfied thus far. After I master this stone, I will move up to another degree of keeness.
But this Dovo is giving me problems, and I am honing it with the same technique that works on my other blades. The wear on the spine is very uneven. Broad at the shoulder and tapering to narrow at the head. On that side there is no bevel on the edge below the head.
On the other side, the wear on the spine is U shaped.
The edge of the blade is keen and smooth in the middle, but the ends of the blade feel ragged to my thumb. And the bevel is uneven up and down the blade on both sides. I can't shave with it.
Could my blade be out of whack from the factory... not symetrical maybe?
Please let me know if you have any theories or questions.
And thanks in advance. (I feel a little guilty asking for help, since this is my first post and I haven't contributed beforehand.)