Thread: Center and toe not getting it..

I have this Biker and had to reshape the blade a bit to remove a frown. Now trying to get the bevel set and the heel is popping hairs but the center and toe are taking their sweet time.
So question is, Should I concentrate on the center and toe only? Or keep working the entire blade until it comes in?
I have been using x strokes and kind of a swooping x stroke hoping to contact the center and toe better.
As you can see the heel doesn't have much wear on the spine just the center and toe. Thanks for the insight fellas.

Have you measured the width of the blade?

The toe looks narrower than the heel, and the middle look like a long frown, under the oval.

What’s the other side look like?

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Have you measured the width of the blade?

The toe looks narrower than the heel, and the middle look like a long frown, under the oval.

What’s the other side look like?

Yes I measured and this picture is before correcting the frown. It's even now heel to toe don't have any pics of after right now. IIRC the width is now .620 all across.

Well I have some questions that will be tough to answer. Did you have an equal amount of metal to remove to form the apex all the way along? Sometime what I have run into is the metal is thicker or more blunt at some point because of the reshaping. If the issue is it has just not developed there because of the reshaping issue then certainly concentrate on those areas. However if you are just not hitting those on the hone because of a stroke issue then that is a bit of a different matter to address. A marker will help you figure out if your stroke is even. There is also time when geometry plays into it as well. That is easy to check and the solution is the same as the marker test. Adjust your stroke.

I think I see what you mean. So after reshaping it seemed to me that at the heel it was thinner, so that would tell me to continue with concentration on the center and toe. Which before I got tired is what I was doing. I'd do a few strokes center to toe then the entire blade a couple.

I'll add that what I was doing seemed right just thought a little reassuring would make me feel better.

That is how I do it for the most part. sometimes I kill the edge once it is all there and start over just to remove all of the sub surface damage from restoration, however if you were not beating it up with power tools it is likely ok.

I'll take my time and continue thanks for the help Shaun I appreciate it. I'd rather ask than dink something up. Especially with something I have not encountered.

I'm not a big tape fan, but in a case like this I would tape the spine until the bevel is set, then lightly joint the edge and reset the bevel without tape if you wish to hone without tape.

Originally Posted by bluesman7

I'm not a big tape fan, but in a case like this I would tape the spine until the bevel is set, then lightly joint the edge and reset the bevel without tape if you wish to hone without tape.

I do use tape. Being still novice in honing I am just not comfortable without it as of yet. One day I'll go with out, one day....