I have the green and blue dmt diamond stones, Norton 4k/8k. I flatten that on a sanding screens on tempered glass. I use scribbled lead lines edged-to-edge for reference. I have green hone stick, and will have a leather strop and diamond paste (down to .25 micron) this week. I've tried green hone on mdf but might try a softer substrate like balsa if you guys think that'd help. Ideally I want to keep it as simple as possible when it comes to honing. I'll send more pics. I like the 45 degree idea, provided I'm slow enough to prevent chatter, in that it seems like a quick way to straighten a wavy edge. Creating a new bevel doesn't too hard. I'll read over the material suggested and the responses here before preceding. Thank you very much everyone!