Thread: honing a wedge

Originally Posted by gssixgun

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The real wedge stroke is a 45 degree heel forward X as that is the stroke that will let you feel all the multiple bevels as you hone. If you do that stroke on an older worn wedge you can actually feel the "Bumpity bump" as it goes across the hone. If you want to FIX the bevel you have to master this stoke, ...

Gunner, thank You! This helps quite a bit. 'Explains some behaviors I get from the first vintage wedges.

That the stroke would have to be mastered makes sense - well said & illustrated. What I'm not understanding is if the mastery of this stroke 'performs' the correction, or simply makes clear the correction needed. Either way, I have some skill to master, but it would be helpful to know if this stroke corrects as well as diagnoses.

Many Thanks for your kind & generous help!

Originally Posted by pinklather

Gunner, thank You! This helps quite a bit. 'Explains some behaviors I get from the first vintage wedges.

That the stroke would have to be mastered makes sense - well said & illustrated. What I'm not understanding is if the mastery of this stroke 'performs' the correction, or simply makes clear the correction needed. Either way, I have some skill to master, but it would be helpful to know if this stroke corrects as well as diagnoses.

Many Thanks for your kind & generous help!

Yes it will correct the edge, and the best part is that you can actually feel it straighten out... The edge will lose all the other bevels, and get really smooth as it comes in... it is pretty cool the way it works...
As it evens up you can start to switch over to that swooping stroke and get points like a barber's notch sharp too.
Now once it it even, you can restore the blade if that is your intention, then tape and reduce the size of the bevel if you want too, since the bevel and the spine are all nice and straight again...

Honestly if you take some of these old beauties and sight down the edge at a light you can actually see the wavy bevel...