Originally Posted by
mkevenson
AFDAVIS, sorry about the clarity of the post. I guess I understand the concept of honing till it's done and not more and maybe a better way to ask is if you are using the rs scope, (I will use 60 mag if that is all I need) does that mean that at 60mag you hone, set the bevel, or clean up the edge with as many passes on the stone as necessary to achieve a smooth edge, even if it is a lot. I may have misunderstood Lynn's point in the DVD it just seemed like a conflict to my mind to hone so much. I am after all quite new to this.
When I teach honing classes I explain to people that honing is like shaping cheese. If you use a rough grater the cheese will crumble. If you leave the cheese in place and gently, lightly, use a really thin cheese grater, you can remove far less bevel and achieve far sharper of an edge. Like putting an edge on a hunk of cheese, rubbing the end with a heavy cheese grater will remove a lot of the edge, but using a piece of light sandpaper will allow you to sculpt the edge and leave a lot more metal, err I mean, cheese on the edge.
Thanks for the help.