You are referring to the chip? Yes, there was a chip before honing. It was worse before. I did not hone it out completely, yet. My concern, again, was that I have removed to much material from the back or spine to try and get the edge to be even so I stopped honing it out.

I'm no expert at honing but it seems, at least with Norton water stones, that the 1000 doesn't remove material that fast. I guess I view using the 1000 to remove lots of material like a person who uses 300 grit sandpaper to sand down a rough cut on wood. You _can_ do it and it will work but it is quicker to use 80, 100, ..., 300 to get the same result in a fraction of the time.

I think I'll just tape the spine and work out the chip. Then go through the stone progression and see how it shaves.