Hi Guys,

I fear this thread is becoming a bit unwieldy, but thanks indeed for all the dedicated contributions to it.

I wanted to post something a bit off topic and was hoping you guys could give me your thoughts on this.
During the cutting of these hones, I often have to trim/split bigger pieces to create as neat a hone shape as I can, but in the process there are a lot of what I call thin-cuts that are accumulating. In particular there are trimmed pieces that are about 1 inch wide x 8 inches long and they are of differing thicknesses. Now I for one feel that a 1 inch hone is very handy especially for smiling blades as they offer more control in the rolling-X action. I personally even prefer narrower hones in general as they seem to allow me more control in contacting the edge all the way along..

My question is do others also prefer narrow finishing stones? I know Neil Miller appreciates the narrow hones, but was interested to see what the general consensus was among you guys.
These thin-cuts are growing in numbers, and my thinking is that they can quite easily be lapped and mounted to small wooden paddles and put to work!

- Mike.


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