Thread: Honing a Wedge!

Originally Posted by Gasman

Got some time on the stones today and sense I've been holding off on this I figure it was time to give it a try. Honing a Full Wedge Blade. I used 4 layers of tape to get some angle on the edge. After a lot of time I worked my way thru the stones and when finished I found that I should have spent some more time on the bevel. The front half the blade is tree topping arm hair but the back is not. Oh Well, Back to the drawing board on this one.

So, At what time do you feel is best to start dropping the layers of tape? Wasn't sure I should at all but I'm just not sure. I do know if I loose layers of tape my bevel is going to get wider and I don't want to be honing the face of the blade so no tape is out of the question. Ha.

On 'Near Full Wedges' I usually use 3 layers All The Way Through. However I have at times dropped down to two but rarely.

And as you're quickly finding out. Those heavy grinds take A LOT LONGER to set the bevel as there's so much more steel to work with. At least in my opinion.