Struggling to set bevel on new razor. To my knowledge the razor is factory fresh, and excluding the maker, has not been honed by anyone except me. I've not used tape on the spine (nor the maker)
I'm honing using film on an acrylic plate, and the pictures are after using yellow 12u, so roughly 1-1.2k grit.
Using medium ish pressure I've been unable to set a bevel. So painted edge with marker to see what's happening. You'll notice on one side after three very light laps on the 12u, marker is mostly removed all the way out to the edge. On the other side, contact is only being made on the top half of the bevel reveal, but not out to the edge.
Third picture I believe reveals where the issue lies. Pic is end on to the razor, looking at the toe. Note how, to my eye, the spine is a different width either side of the centre line, and how the grind seems asymmetrical in the body of the razor (left side seems to be ground deeper). What I'm perceiving is a different hone angle spine to edge, relative to the left and right sides. The edge on the left side seems to have a secondary bevel, different to angle being produced by spine and edge, meaning my honing is not engaging the very edge / apex.
My brain currently fryed from trying to work out what to do here. So thought I'd seek clarity from others. Maybe it's a simple fix, but I'm just not seeing the wood from the trees at moment!
Thanks in advance for any wise words to help me out here
I'm honing using film on an acrylic plate, and the pictures are after using yellow 12u, so roughly 1-1.2k grit.
Using medium ish pressure I've been unable to set a bevel. So painted edge with marker to see what's happening. You'll notice on one side after three very light laps on the 12u, marker is mostly removed all the way out to the edge. On the other side, contact is only being made on the top half of the bevel reveal, but not out to the edge.
Third picture I believe reveals where the issue lies. Pic is end on to the razor, looking at the toe. Note how, to my eye, the spine is a different width either side of the centre line, and how the grind seems asymmetrical in the body of the razor (left side seems to be ground deeper). What I'm perceiving is a different hone angle spine to edge, relative to the left and right sides. The edge on the left side seems to have a secondary bevel, different to angle being produced by spine and edge, meaning my honing is not engaging the very edge / apex.
My brain currently fryed from trying to work out what to do here. So thought I'd seek clarity from others. Maybe it's a simple fix, but I'm just not seeing the wood from the trees at moment!
Thanks in advance for any wise words to help me out here