Toe Heavy honing

[SubmarinerLV]

Hi folks

I've stumbled across a razor on sale in the UK which is described as having been honed "toe heavy" so one end is more reduced than the other. This doesn't look to be something that is advantageous to the razor to me JMHO so me question is can this be remedied by a pro or is this a permanent condition for the razor? This would be my 1st straight and so I'd like it to be relatively problem free.

Regards Grant

 

[holli4pirating]

Do you have photos of the blade?

 

[SubmarinerLV]

Possibly but I don't know how to post them here's an attempt epic fail

 

[SubmarinerLV]

I can't post up to the sale as it's on eBay so I don't know how I can get the image up without it being removed.

Regards Grant

 

[holli4pirating]

You could either find a way to download the image file or take a screenshot of the image and crop/upload that.

 

[SubmarinerLV]

Here we go with pics

 

[holli4pirating]

Oh, that's just a little mute. The whole blade could still be honed to shave ready without much problem. I mean, you could hone down the whole blade to make the edge straight, but I don't see any purpose to doing that.

While the blade may have ended up that way due to improper honing, some intentionally mute the toes on square points to make them less likely to bite. One could only guess how the razor ended up that way, though.

 

[Rik]

I think you could do better, especially if it's your first razor.

 

[SubmarinerLV]

I think you could do better, especially if it's your first razor.

Ok taken on board will keep looking thanks for the advice Rik.

Regards Grant