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.
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. I was hardly any closer than when I began to getting to the middle. I did circles, X's, repetitions, back and forth, etc. trying to get different scratch patterns and remove material.
This blade has significant hone wear on the spine. Do I suck it up and just keep grinding away til I get there and also should I do equal amounts to the other side? I HADn't better ask this question but I will. Are the DMT's significantly faster?
Marc