Quote Originally Posted by Mike Blue View Post
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Without being capable of providing a better honing answer, I'm in agreement with the idea that the wire edge is getting caught in the too large honing grit of the coarser stone. A finer stone is the answer for now.
Just to make sure it wasn't my cheep low grit hone I used it to put a bevel on a Electric Cutlery blade that I'm working on and there wasn't any macro crumbling involved. In fact, the blade was sharp enough to shave some whiskers. So now I'm convinced there is something wrong with the W&B blade.

I ended up honing the W&B in front of the T.V. for an other two hours last night (my girlfriend must think I've gone a little soft in the head ), still the same problem. I think I'll end up using it as a practice blade for when I get my greaseless compounds next week.

Thanks, Chris