Originally Posted by
papasote
It's a Wade & Butcher Sheffield, Extra Hollow Ground. I am using a Shapton 1K to set the bevel, I am very new, and my patience is fine (I am just afraid of honing too much and messing something up). About the pressure, I have to apply a slight amount of pressure on the bevel by lifting the spine to kind of keep it on the stone. I am not a good judge of if this is too much, but sometimes I catch myself feeling like I should lighten up a bit. Whether I keep the blade on the stone the entire pass (heel leading with a slight rolling pressure throughout the pass from heel to point to make even the parts that don't touch consistently), or if I do the X-pattern and have it some off the stone, I still can't get anything even from heel to point.