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So this is my latest effort, a Torrey 5/8 with a sway back. I love the looks of a swayback, but as a neophyte honer, why do I keep torturing myself? Also, until I got going I didn't realize the spine was bent. I'm actually happy with just being able to get a good edge on it. The shave tomorrow AM will tell the tale. But as can hopefully be seen in the photos, on one side the bevel widens toward the heel and toe, and on the opposite the bevel narrows toward the heel and toe. I know this is due to the bent spine. I had to adjust the stabilizer and reshape the toe to get the edge where it is. Before reshaping the stabilizer and toe the bevel completely disappeared before getting to the end of the heel and toe. When I started the edge was quite straight. As I worked the blade I introduced a slight smile to reflect the sway back.

There were some VERY small chips in the edge. So my progression was DMT325 (chip removal & smile adjustment), Naniwa Pro 1000 (bevel set), Norton 4k/8k, Naniwa 12K.

From what you see and I've explained, what would you have done differently? What can still be done to make it better?