Thread: One edge is sharper than the other

Originally Posted by hendersr

I have a soft Arkansas stone and a Kasumi #3K/#8K ceramic block. I have been doing most of the honing on the Kasumi

I am not familiar with the stones you are using. My guess is that they are not ideal for setting a bevel and getting a razor up to speed. I know a soft Arkansas is slow and while good on pocket knives is not great for razors. I don't know the other stones.

If you have a magic marker paint the very edge, do a few strokes and see how your edge is making contact by what is removed. Also for the wire edge a few back honing strokes might help on that.

I would put my focus on the 3k doing circles to set a bevel and having some magnification would be a big +. Do the TNT to get an idea of where you are on your bevel set. Once 'there' don't use the TNT anymore and do x strokes in a pyramid with the 3/8. That is what I would do having those....

Gotta plus one with Jimmy here...

I don't know those stones either, but I think Jimmy gave you a great game plan...

You also might try a PM to Onimaru or Jimbo maybe they are close to you there down under....