OK, I'm going crazy. I cannot hone anything. I tried a double arrow, a CW. Dahlgren frameback and I cannot get past the TNT. It just doesn't feel right. I had to totally rebuild a bevel, and I used this hone Japanese Waterstone 250/1000 Grit Sharpening Stone on eBay (end time 06-Oct-09 16:31:49 BST)
I lapped it, put one layer of tape on the DA and started on the 220. Nothing... After about 300 laps, nothing.
I used the marker test and got it all off so the technique is, I guess, OK. Maybe the hone is bad.
As the 220 side is porous, all the water I put on it got drained.
So I tried the 1000 side. Again- nothing even after a few hundred laps. Rolling stroke, chisel stroke, 45°, everything and the results were- DULL It doesn't dig in.
WTH? What could be the problem? I could post my honing video so you can see better what I'm doing...
I was looking through the microscope and the edges seems fine. Nice scratches, straight edge, no chipping...
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