Hi guys,
I've been honing my brothers Dovo's over the past few days.
I did the first 4 and they came out perfect. All done with the 1k then the Jnat Nagura progression.
The last in the bunch is this one : Dovo En Vogue 105 Ice Tempered Frozen Steel, 5/8ths full hollow I think.

I've only just realised that its Stainless Steel.
I have honed it twice now with no success. I did notice that the Botan removed all of the 1k scratch marks which doesn't normally happen so I thought that maybe it was a softer mushier metal and then honed it with less pressure and strokes. Still no joy.

Am I missing some thing , I did read once that Stainless Steel requires more work than carbon but it seems a softer metal.
Look forward to some advise ..
Cheers