Gents, I know I've been asking a huge number of questions lately, and I truly appreciate your patience and help. But I need advice/help yet again.

I have a very smiley Shumate (wife has the camera, so no pics) that I haven't tried to hone yet. It's a family heirloom that I plan on restoring. Original condition, no rust, just scratched up a bit.

I have yet to hone a smiler. The only narrow stone I have is a 12k Chinese that's about 1.5 inches. All the rest are 3" or so. I can't imagine being able to do a rolling X stroke on such wide stones. I've read all the info in the Wiki, and as much as I can find here, but I know I'm missing something... I just can't quite wrap my brain around how to hone a smiler on wide stones. Info on what kind of strokes would be greatly appreciated.

On another note, I did successfully hone a Boker Red Injun from butterknife to shave ready on my Shaptons today. The Shaptons really do take a different technique and have a totally different feel to them than the DMT's. The Boker is a 101 round point. The RP version really seems to be rare. I've already told my wife that i'll give it to a relative as a graduation present.