Quote Originally Posted by Doop View Post
I was setting the bevel on a vintage Kropp last nite. To start, I inked the edge and gave a few test swipes on the Norton 1k to see what I was dealing with. One side of the blade came out quite clean and the other left a good size section, about 25% of the blade length, in the center.
= Warped blade. Nothing really to do about it, except trying to use a thinner hone to set a proper bevel in the trouble area.

Quote Originally Posted by Doop View Post
I honed on the 1K for a while and could see I wasn't going to get results on that grit for at least an eon so I flipped over to the 330 grit side and started in. It was kinda late and the Tigers were on TV so I stopped after about 40 minutes.
OMG, stop! 1 minute on a 330 grit is murdering the edge let alone 40.
I'm sure your 1k stone is fine otherwise it wouldn't pass the magic marker test (at least on one of the sides).