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

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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