Thread: How is my honing coming?

This is the best picture I could get with my microscope... It's not use so I had to angle her just perfectly... Let me know what you think, this is after my 15k shapton

The edge looks pretty straight and should shave, but there are some microchips that stem from deep stria, some of which have not been completely removed.

If you joint the edge and reset it on the 15k the edge should straighten out. Or try side honing to remove the deep stria then reset the edge.

It is a good demonstration, of why you need to remove the previous stria from each stone, especially the bevel set stria. If you don’t, you will pay for it later, in time.

If you copy and enlarge the photo the stria layers and terminus are easily visible. What is the magnification?

Originally Posted by Euclid440

The edge looks pretty straight and should shave, but there are some microchips that stem from deep stria, some of which have not been completely removed.

If you joint the edge and reset it on the 15k the edge should straighten out. Or try side honing to remove the deep stria then reset the edge.

It is a good demonstration, of why you need to remove the previous stria from each stone, especially the bevel set stria. If you don’t, you will pay for it later, in time.


If you copy and enlarge the photo the stria layers and terminus are easily visible. What is the magnification?

Thanks! Well at 100x magnification it doesn't seem like it's that close, so supposedly this is 160x but this looks more similar to what a buddies 100x microscope looks like

I'm really trying to get this honing down and I really thought I had gotten the hang of it until I got this damn microscope lol jk but I've been really patient and slow this time around and it just seems right when I've been working for some time I'll find a chips in places.... So I'll go back to the lower grits to try and fix them, then I'll get it all lined up again them right when I get on my finisher, more chips... I haven't been doing much with scratch pattern...

Deep scratches end in chip, always, sometimes we hone them out, sometimes not, then weaken the steel at the edge and surface later. So make sure the heavy stria is removed early on.

This is probably a very shavable edge, but could break down and chip out after some stropping.

Go easy on pressure as it causes deep stria, this is where most folks error.

This is what, this post on the Transition Stone is all about and why it might be the most important stone in the progression, especially for novice honers.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Deep scratches end in chip, always, sometimes we hone them out, sometimes not, then weaken the steel at the edge and surface later. So make sure the heavy stria is removed early on.

This is probably a very shavable edge, but could break down and chip out after some stropping.

Go easy on pressure as it causes deep stria, this is where most folks error.

This is what, this post on the Transition Stone is all about and why it might be the most important stone in the progression, especially for novice honers.

So this looks like a result in heavy pressure at the lower grits? Should I just head back to the 2k and work my way back up applying less pressure this time... Or should I just stay on the 8k toil things clear up

Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

So this looks like a result in heavy pressure at the lower grits? Should I just head back to the 2k and work my way back up applying less pressure this time... Or should I just stay on the 8k toil things clear up

Hey that article is exactly what is happening to me... I'll hone and have a great edge then once I get to the higher grits it starts to chip up.... Thanks for writing thay