Thread: Nortons not cutting it

Originally Posted by Maxi

I don't think you should breadknife. You're in for serious honing pain if you do too much.

Hone with with spine off the stone at a 45 degree angle. get the gunk off the edge. Drop to three layers of tap, then two, then one. Then set the bevel properly.


That's my advice.

Thanks for the tip. I'll try it tonight.

On a side note, another question.
I heard that when honing you want to keep going till the lines that appear on the bevel dissapear. Once the lines are smoothed or polished away then it's okay to move to the next stone and repeat, not moving off each stone till the lines are gone. Not sure how sound this is, but is that a good idea?