As I initially inspected the blade i noticed a scale of rust no bigger than the thickness of a few hairs, right on the very edge of the blade. I thought "it will all come out in the wash" and ran it over an 8k stone a few times to see what would happen. Well the rust scale flaked off leaving behind a ever so slight knick in the blade. So I went down to a 1k stone to get the knick out. Then went back to the 8k. I can now see a mirror like finish along the whole edge of the blade and it shaves as smooth silk except on the end of the blade where i took the knick out. It's not dangerous or jagged, just not polished like the rest of the edge. Can I keep honing on an 8k stone, applying the slightest pressure on that part of the blade until it sharpens up or do i need to worry about over honing?