Honing the tip of a smile ?
I've got a couple of otherwise extremely nice gentle smiling blades that don't want to sharpen at the toe.
In one case it looks like someone has rounded the point on a square tip on purpose or through inattention and changed the blade angle on the front 1/32". I've been trying to sneak up on the edge and have had minor success ( it was around 1/16" ).
The other is much more subtle and seems more like a case of loose wrists while honing.
While I'm not expecting to turn it into a square point again I am hoping I can get an edge on the toes so that I can use it for trimming.
Assuming I can't put steel back on a blade the options as I see them are:
1. develop a more fluid honing stroke and hone the curve.
2. grind the edge higher and remove the curve by grinding the rest of the edge to a matching height.
3. grind the end of the blade and remove the flaw by making the blade shorter.
4. something else I haven't thought of
What do you do when you get ones like this and how do you decide what the best plan of attack is?
Thanks,
Bob
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