Thread: Ok, guys ...

I have been applying the pointers outlined in this thread to my honing.

I have learned a few things :

- Heavy hands do not refine an edge.
- Patience, Danielson ... Patience.
- Lap, Lap, Lap. Keep the hone flat.
- Old habits die hard. haha.
- I love my Schumate 30.

Finally, I am able to put on (and keep) a good shaving edge on a few of my blades. Granted, these blades are hollow ground but lately I have been working over a 1/4 ground blade and I am having some fun with working that edge.



Thanks SRP !!

Originally Posted by Whiskers

I have been applying the pointers outlined in this thread to my honing.

I have learned a few things :

- Heavy hands do not refine an edge.
- Patience, Danielson ... Patience.
- Lap, Lap, Lap. Keep the hone flat.
- Old habits die hard. haha.
- I love my Schumate 30.

Finally, I am able to put on (and keep) a good shaving edge on a few of my blades. Granted, these blades are hollow ground but lately I have been working over a 1/4 ground blade and I am having some fun with working that edge.



Thanks SRP !!

I'm there with ya haha, I am very good with hard steel kitchen knives, that skill set doesn't transfer very well to straights Took a while to get old habbits refined and build new habbits.

Shumate made a great blade