Thread: Honing a trapezoidal blade?

Originally Posted by regularjoe

...But the problem of more spine wear at the toe than the heel will still exist. The other option I was considering is deliberately using a toe heavy stroke in an attempt to try to even out the spine wear...

Do you mean a heel heavy stroke? And could that cause the spine to be curved? I'm not experienced in honing at all, but I'd agree that if it lays evenly on the hone it should sharpen. I'd work with it as it is for a while and see if you can get it to work.

I'm resisting the urge to send my De Pews away as I'm learning a lot trying to get it to work as it is (sort of a curved blade); though I did take some of the stabilisers at the heel off after some advice.

I hope you get it sorted, and I bet it'll be fun learning!

Carl