Sharpening Pyramid question

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Originally Posted by MikkoK

I tried heavy pressure this morning and things started really progressing. Everything seems to point in the direction that my bevel is actually coming together now. Now I need to work on nice and even strokes.

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I think I had the same "breakthrough"...I could not figure out for the life of me why I could not pop hair after doing 3-4 sets of circles on my King 1k! As it turns out, I was using FAR to little pressure, and when I re-tried the circles with a good amount of pressure I was able to get a MUCH better bevel. I used 3x sets of circles with good pressure on my Boker, and the rest of the progression went much smoother. I wasn't pulling my hair out after finishing the 4k and wondering why I couldn't pop hair!!

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Originally Posted by gssixgun

Mikko,

One thing I have always said is "When you hit a brick wall in honing" first take a breath and walk away :)

But when you sit back down, change something to get the steel to budge..

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You definitely got me there. I don't think I have ever been so frustrated trying to learn something than I have been with honing, but that's no news to you experienced guys. Sometimes the best thing is to walk away and come back later and I have done that at least dozen times with honing by now. That just makes your first true success even sweeter. The prize is out there.

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Originally Posted by gssixgun

Another thought is to add or subtract slurry on the Chosera 1k

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it had come to mind, but i hadn't suggested it to him.

@MikkoK: awesome :) way to go..