Thread: Ding near toe... go right to the 1K?

Went to 8K and then to 12K SS. Here's the latest...

Edge doesn't look ready to me but may be the pic. Awaiting the shave test verdict.

It definitely had multiple facets on the toe. After a while honing and seeing it wasn't getting to the toe, I started applying pressure.

Ran out of time tonight. I'll test it tomorrow, but need to go back and work on toe more it sounds.

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Nope, bevel still not set, back to the 4k or bite the bullet and set it fully on the 1k.

Often when you have chipping like you had, if the result of an impact, the steel will be weak and some will have to be removed to get to solid steel.

Can you elaborate on the bevel set? Looking along the edge it meets, except for right at the toe. Is that what you mean? Or is it that the toe has multiple surfaces?

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There are a lot of relatively deep stria right at the edge that fade as you move up the bevel. In the second picture, the roughness of the edge is very apparent, much more so than it should be after a 12k Naniwa. That indicates to me that you have been mostly polishing the bevel behind the edge while leaving the edge still rough. If the bevel was truly set, you'd be polishing all the way to the edge.

Originally Posted by sqzbxr

There are a lot of relatively deep stria right at the edge that fade as you move up the bevel. In the second picture, the roughness of the edge is very apparent, much more so than it should be after a 12k Naniwa. That indicates to me that you have been mostly polishing the bevel behind the edge while leaving the edge still rough. If the bevel was truly set, you'd be polishing all the way to the edge.

Thanks for the clarification. It's been several months since I did some honing, and I need to relearn some of the steps.


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This is an enlarged section of your second photo with the brightness and contrast tweaked a little to show the stria at the edge:

I wouldn't accept that edge even off a 1K.

I personally would go to the 1k and perform rolling X strokes with little pressure .

Also making sure I didn't do too much .. Easier said than done without experience.

Here is a 1k edge I did recently. Your 1k edge should look a bit more like this imo:

Originally Posted by JOB15

I wouldn't accept that edge even off a 1K.

I personally would go to the 1k and perform rolling X strokes with little pressure .

Also making sure I didn't do too much .. Easier said than done without experience.

Here is a 1k edge I did recently. Your 1k edge should look a bit more like this imo:

How wide is your bevel in this picture? My bevel is about 0.5mm in the center of the blade and near 1mm at the edges (so this picture is pretty high magnification). It definitely has deeper/more stria than the heel and toe (I was really concentrating on the toe, because of the ding). I'll try to work on it with the 4K as soon as I get another chance, and see how it comes out. I didn't get to test shave it this morning (forgot to bring it up into the bathroom last night).