Thread: Circles. yay or nay?

You either didn't have your bevel set correctly along the entire length of the blade OR you blew your perfect bevel with uneven pressure while honing up through to the 16k. JMO

Originally Posted by mrsell63

You either didn't have your bevel set correctly along the entire length of the blade OR you blew your perfect bevel with uneven pressure while honing up through to the 16k. JMO

PMFJI --

That's my read as well.

Circles or no circles, if the heel _is_ sharp, and the toe _isn't_ sharp, then either:

a) your pressure is uneven, left-to-right;

b) your stone isn't flat;

c) your blade isn't flat -- either a warp, or a twist, can do weird things;

d) you have a smiling edge (or a smiling toe), and you need to use a "rolling stroke" to bring the smiling edge down onto the stone.


. Charles

Originally Posted by 10Pups

40 on one side and then 40 on the other sounds like a lot to me. I do 10 or 15 then flip and do the same. Sounds like your using a lot of pressure and chasing the center of the bevel back and forth. Maybe all over if your not keeping it light and even.

You was spot on. I was using to much pressure.
The results im getting now are excellent..many thanks