Thread: W&B Honing Difficulties

Thanks for all of the help, guys!

As I mentioned earlier, the only place not passing the marker test is a small section of the heel of the blade. It's possibly more of a problem of stone clogging and slow work, I'm guessing at this point. As far as a narrow hone goes, has anyone ever tried using the side of a Spyderco hone for that purpose? Is it still flat like the face of the stone is? When using the face I just focus on using the very rightmost section of the stone (almost the edge of the stone) and it's done great before.

Thanks for the tip on the sandpaper, randy!

Originally Posted by Fortytwoblades

Thanks for all of the help, guys!

As I mentioned earlier, the only place not passing the marker test is a small section of the heel of the blade. It's possibly more of a problem of stone clogging and slow work, I'm guessing at this point. As far as a narrow hone goes, has anyone ever tried using the side of a Spyderco hone for that purpose? Is it still flat like the face of the stone is? When using the face I just focus on using the very rightmost section of the stone (almost the edge of the stone) and it's done great before.

Thanks for the tip on the sandpaper, randy!

I've used the edges of barber hones before, but I couldn't say about the Spyderco as I have the pocket ones as opposed to the bench stones. I don't think using it would be a problem. It should be easy enough to test to see if it's flat; pencil all over the side and rub with a stone you know is flat. You do have to be more careful though, esp if it needs to be lapped; a smaller surface tends to be harder to keep flat.