Thread: Thoughts on Honing Wackers (moved from Die Wackerfans)

greenhosh, what hones do you have? Glen recommended to me to start at the 4000 grit and give it several good strokes then move up the ladder. Even though I did that, it still did not shave as well as some of my Revisors or GOTTA nor the Imperial. So, tonight, I went back to 1000 grit and worked on it all the way back up to 12K. At the 12 K top end I was loosing tiny "TINY" bits of wire from the edge so I backed off the pressure a bit. I don't like it going under the blade and contributing to scratching the bevel. Honed as 12K then stropped on the wool felt, then back to the 12K for some more laps, then back to the strops, ending up, eventually, at the leather side. When I figured I had it well, I stropped it up about 70 round strokes and popped some hairs with it that any of the Revisors or GOTTA would do. If kit wouldn't pop a hair and then the GOTTA would on the same hair, it was an indication that it needed more work. Wackers could be so hardened that they take a bit longer to hone out right as well. Perhaps Glen might chime in here on his experiences and take as well.