Thread: Unable to bevel the middle of one side

Originally Posted by mjsorkin

My first guess is that you have a little unevenness in your "away" stroke.

I have had the same thing before too but I'm not convinced that is it. I would believe that if it were the heel or the toe that were gettting missed but it is the center that won't touch, no matter what stroke I use at any pressure.

You've gotten some really good advice I like M's in #3.

I've only been honing for about 3 years but I'm wondering if beside the marker and continuing what happens if you add 1 layer plastic electricians tape just to see if that makes a difference!?!?

If you do use the tape be sure to change often especially below 4K!!

I'm not too far from you...come see me & we can fix it & have a honing lesson or three. I'm just north of Paris, TX about 20 miles. Your best way to learn to hone is FTF, period. You won't learn everything on a single visit, but you will learn a LOT in just a few hours on the stones. Nothing like getting a proper foundation to "hone" upon.

Personally, I don't use electrical tape NOW...but when I was learning to hone I would use it all the time. I still keep a roll around for Ebay blades and those that need a bit of edge correction before the actual bevel set. Do yourself and your blades a favor and use tape, no since abusing the blades and wearing them down for no reason.

Originally Posted by shooter74743

I'm not too far from you...come see me & we can fix it & have a honing lesson or three. I'm just north of Paris, TX about 20 miles.

I'd love to come visit you, Shooter. Thank you for the invite. You are about 2 hours away from me and I rarely make it up that way. I'll see if I can find a day when the wife and kids don't need me and I have the car to give you a visit.