Just picked up Henckels Friodur (looks to be 5/8); looking for hone in MN

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Originally Posted by MikeMN

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P.S. I heard you had to hone a rusty metal file on concrete and then strop on your own skin until it is shaving sharpn, with your eyes closed, while taking live fire from a drill sergeant hurling derogatory insults against your sister and mother, before you were a honemiester?
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No that is the criteria to begin an apprentice to be a honemaster.
The requirements for a honemeister are secret.