Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
Just a warning for new honers:

This is a tool in the box, an arrow in the quiver, and is mostly used for specific reasons

If you "Kill the Edge" "Joint" or "Downstroke" whatever the name De Jour is you better know how to hone and set a bevel to bring it back... It is more of an advanced technique


So you've been warned


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Quote Originally Posted by Euclid440 View Post
So if you kill the edge you need to start back at 1k bevel setting ?


It depends on how you Kill the edge, how much pressure you use, how you do it and why.

The job of a 1k is to grind the bevels flat, in the proper angle and get them to meet at the edge.

if you are doing as Jim stated in the 2nd post, and you are doing a fully honing, maybe. But it probably will not take may laps on a 1k, or a 4k should do it. I often reset bevels on a 4k, unless they are new or damaged.

If you are removing the edge because of edge chipping, after honing and need to remove a bit of the edge to get to solid steel, No. Drop down to an 8k and reset the edge. The bevels are already flat and in the proper angle so getting them to meet should only take 10-15 laps.

If you are killing an edge on a finish stone, to strengthen the new edge or remove microchips, kill/joint it on the corner of the finish stone with a single stroke and reset the edge in 10-15 laps on the finisher.

You are just removing the fin to straighten the edge, so it is easy to get the bevels to meeting again, because they are already flat and in the proper orientation.



This is exactly why I posted the warning above,,,