Ummm, but you took a long route. You decided to try with what you had instead of what you needed. I seem to remember that you came off of knife sharpening and you decided to try various sand papers and everything.
YOU immediately came to mind in my previous post as someone who has experienced loads of fun and satisfaction in the trying :). This is not true?
and some people get lucky:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/basic...g-results.html Maybe not typical, maybe just lucky in the selection of equipment (not inexpensive) and maybe because I had a lot of reading under my belt first, but I've never honed anything before.
but he had a benchmark before he dinged it. it's not like he doesn't know the end goal.
?? I'd think that's exactly what you want. Think of those poor guys who tried to learn on a zeepk.