Quote Originally Posted by Speedster View Post
Ditto on Roy's (cudarunner) advice. Be sure to meet up with someone to get some one-on-one mentoring before you give honing a go. You will save yourself from making the basic mistakes, trust me.

And that 12k Naniwa is a great stone by the way. You will love using that hone when you get the chance!
Mark, since you chimed in about One on One I hope you don't mind me posting this video of you and Glen when Glen was teaching you how to hone.

I find that it really shows how very simple things that a newbie misses that are indeed very important.



(Was it really so many years ago that the two of you sat down together for the lesson out in the boonies of ID? )