Much better time of it this time around!

Still some things to work on...
I managed to snag an almost new dovo w/ stainless blade and stainless scales on ebay for a real good price.
I honed it and followed with a stropping, but it didn't seem quite sharp enough--it was pulling.

Only a couple of very tiny knicks shaving so I count that as a sucess!

I still need to work out hand location and my instinctive impatience tho--gotta go slowly!