Thread: Can This Blade Be Honed?

Hello All,
First off, thank you to all those that can offer some insight here. I am new to the honing process and am seeking advice on everything from technique to tools to even workable blades.

Which brings me to my title question. In the pictures attached, I took a sharpie to the edge of the blade and the spine, did a single pass on both sides, with a wet Naniwa 1000 stone. The first image shows that the sharpie marking was pulled off the tip to the middle of the spine, and then the middle to the base of the spine has not been touched. Also with this first image, you'll see a bit of the tip of the edge has been pulled off and from the middle of the edge to the base. It is also important to note that the extreme edge, along the length of the blade still has sharpie on it. To my mind, this tells me that the bevel is really, really bad, being that I used a flat run across the stone with the entire blade on this stroke. I also get the feeling that the blade is warped.

The second picture, it is just the opposite, sharpie was removed from the middle of the spine to the based then from the middle of the blade to the tip, again also showing that the very edge of the blade still has sharpie on it.

So, my questions here is, does this represent a warped blade? And is this blade one that can even be honed? If so, what do you suggest as a method to overcome the issues as seen?

Thank you all VERY much for you assistance and opinions. I will gladly take all the help I can get.


Pic: 1


Pic: 2