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Originally Posted by Mike Blue
Realistically, if the edge was flat and the blade honed properly, what difference, other than the aesthetic, would there be as far as the blade's ability to shave well? Now I suspect that razor manufacturers didn't much care that the spine had a warp as long as the edge was salvageable enough to hone/shave and sell.
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For me, the ideal razor is one that shaves well and hones easily. If such a razor can have an edge that lays perfectly flat on a lapped hone surface on both sides of the blade but somehow the spine is "off" or aesthetically asymmetrical , I would care very little. I don't mind having a vintage blade that insists on being a "project" razor by testing me to try many different hones, widths, stroke variations each and every time I'd have to hone then touch it up, but if I had to resort to such tactics with the majority of the razors in my rotation, I would not get the same enjoyment I do now. Upon retirement when I have all the time in the world, I could see my perspective being entirely different. I'll have to get back to you in 28-30 years on that one though.
Chris L