Thread: Honing a bent blade

You can fix it one of two ways. You can do a more dramatic rolling X to reach that part of the edge, or you can tape the spine only in the region that is not cutting a bevel. If the toe half of the blade is not cutting a bevel, then just tape the toe half of the blade. You may need more than one layer of tape, but the idea is to lift the spine high enough to allow the edge to reach the hone. You will need to change the tape frequently because as it wears away the spine will be lowering and the edge will be rotating away from the hone--causing you to cut a wider bevel but never reaching the very apex of the edge.

Hi,

I'll give the rolling 'X' a try and see where that takes me.

Thanks,
Mike