for not putting my head on a chopping board.

I realise it's foolish and certainly starting to hone with a 5/8 extra hollow rather than 6/8 semi-hollow blade will require extreme delicacy and in all probability it won't turn out well.

I wish I knew somebody close to Luxembourg to take it to. I'd send it to the UK but I've had things lost with royal mail/parcelfarce.

I had also read that recent version two nights ago which is what pointed me towards the softer Naniwa rather than the Shepton.

I'll order the 4 stones along with a flattening stone and see how it goes.

no doubt I'm prepping my head for the block