Final results of the day's polishing, olive Arkansas:

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And grey Arkansas:

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I think it's safe to say these puppies are as ready as they're gonna get to put an edge on a blade.

The large grey one is still out of flat, it's convex both lengthwise and across the width of the face I've burnished. But at least now it isn't by so much that it can be seen by the naked eye. You pretty much need a straight edge and a light to peer at to know it's out of flat at all, and I'm hoping that'll be close enough to get me where I want to be when the hone is in use.

Now I just need to figure out which blades I'm going to use as test subjects. It's kind of a hard decision, because I'm quite happy with the way most of them are honed and don't want to change a good thing.