Uneven. Well, Everything. Help!

[JonM]

I had previously posted these pics farther down in my original post on the general board. I'm hoping that I can get some good advice regarding honing this guy before completely giving up and sending it out. As you can see, nothing is even on this guy. I can't get a consistent bevel on it to save my life. Any suggestions? HELP!!!

 

[PapaFish]

Older blades, and many newer ones, are just warped. It can be a side effect of them having been hand ground or heat treated (tempering). An uneven bevel is nothing to worry about. So long as you are getting a bevel the FULL length of the blade on BOTH sides, it will shave. Your first picture makes look like the tip region needs some work, and the second picture makes it look like it's because the blade is slightly warped. Doing a Rolling-X-Stroke can help get the tip and/or heel, if you can't get the middle 1/3, you need a skinny hone to attempt.
If it really bothers you, you could attempt to re-grind the blade yourself, but I tell you what, that would put you in a different class of restoration that what I would typically do .

 

[jpcwon]

I have a few older blades that have uneven hone wear like that. Unfotunately in some cases you have to just work around it... Try doing Rolling X-strokes to ensure that you're providing even pressure across the whole blade. Like Papafish said as long as the bevel extends all the way down the edge then you should be okay, even if it is slightly uneven.

 

[Doc226]

I agree with papafish. I don't worry about even hone wear/bevels as long as the bevel is set.

You can cause unevenness by honing wrong but most of the bevel/spine wear has been dictated by the manufacturer and the grind.

 

[AjaxLepinski]

Although, I've never honed an old blade like that, I've heard that a narrow hone works better on warped razors. It allows you to get the valleys as well as the hills

 

[JonM]

Thanks, guys. It sounds like the general consensus is the rolling x-stroke. I'll give that a try & see how it goes. I appreciate the advice. I really don't have any narrow hones. I have a 220/1k Norton, a 4k/8k Norton, a 50mm wide coticule bout, and a barber's hone (well, that's pretty narrow but good luck setting a bevel on it).

 

[CanonSterVa]

Thanks, guys. It sounds like the general consensus is the rolling x-stroke. I'll give that a try & see how it goes. I appreciate the advice. I really don't have any narrow hones. I have a 220/1k Norton, a 4k/8k Norton, a 50mm wide coticule bout, and a barber's hone (well, that's pretty narrow but good luck setting a bevel on it).

Take a look at you tube as there are a couple of videos with the rolling x-stroke using good sized stones.
I had to look it up as well.

 

[Doc226]

http://www.coticule.be/strokes.html

 

[life2short1971]

My best advice is to watch the water/slurry you are pushing with the edge of the blade and make sure that you run a wave from the heel to the toe as you run down the hone on the leading edge of the blade.