Quote Originally Posted by nun2sharp View Post
Congratulations on the find! Magnification tells you almost everything you need to know. Time to tape that spine and re set the bevel! I would opt for a 1k stone, maybe even some low grit wet and dry sandpaper. Once the bevel is reset without any evidence of chips, divots or mouse bites move up the grits and watch the pressure. Be sure to check the edge periodically as you are honing, a lot of times if the metal is rotting the old chips will grind away only to be replaced by others, this is especially true with old Sheffield steel. Be sure to check the edge after the shave test as well in order to see what the whiskers have done to it. Have fun!
+1 on the microscope if you have one.

Do not forget the magic marker trick -- it makes
it easy to see if the hone is touching the right bits of
the blade.

Once you have set the bevel lighten up on
the honing and limit yourself to the 8K side
of the norton for a couple shave tests.

On the 8K side alone.
Walk a batch of circles up each side leave
the slurry in place... then ten normal hone
strokes rinse the hone and ten more normal
hone strokes.

Strop on canvas then leather and shave test.