Thread: Tips for honing a bowed blade?

Originally Posted by MrMike

Any tips for honing a blade that has a bow? I'm thinking apply a bit of pressure to the middle on one side with the other hand and the sides while honing the other side?

thx

-Mike

How bad is it....?
Is is something that can be quickly corrected by
someone with of full bench of stones + hones or is it something
that must be lived with.

Others mentioned using a marker on both the edge and back
of the blade. A couple of passes may tell you what the problem
is. Multiple times, Reapply the marker and try different
strokes to see if you can get the hone to work the full edge.
You may need a slightly different stroke each direction.

Depending on your religion you can use the side of the hone
even letting it round over a little.

If the blade shaves well but does not respond at all your
big flat rocks consider some less expensive skinny hones or
make a "home made" four way skinny strop + balsa/ leather
hone stick just for this blade.