Thread: Setting a bevel on a Norton 4K

Were I in this circumstance, I'd start with the hones I use on my edged tools, such as a Norton Giant India combination that I use for chisels and plane irons. I realize that this is not the marvel hone for a carpenter's tools as you would see used by the master craftsmen who write the books or offer tutorials on DVD, but it does work for my on the job tools. And does a bang up job on knives for my deer hunting relatives and friends who bring their knives to me, wondering if I could touch them up for this year's hunt.

I have no idea what the grit rating is on this artificial, but the coarse side is fairly coarse and the fine side is maybe equivalent to a 882 - 1097 grit real hone

Once you get down to a nice even thumbnail grab, then you can go on to the real hones for the final polish. Can you get 3M #33 vinyl electrical tape (10,000 volts per wrap) in the UK? That, or something very like it, is what us Yanks are referring to.

good luck

I use 1000 & 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper to set the bevel, then I take the blade to the stones.

I'm no honemeister by any stretch ... but it works.