Thread: Beginning to get why honemeisters charge extra for wedges...

Originally Posted by bill3152

Ive honed a few wedges. Depending on how off they are I have used 100 grit wet/dry on my dmt. It saves a lot of time. After 325,600 1200 dmt. then up from there. In between grits I slightly dull the edge on the side of a glass, this gets rid of microchips from the low grit that develop on the edge. I hate tape! So if the spine has to take a little beating, so be it. I will never have to remove that much metal again.

I am not one of those advocates of running the edge on glass. I prefer to hone chips out with the stone. YMMV.

I hate tape too, but ..... I use it in the bevel setting stages of a heavy wedge, and maybe others, depends. If you have a hell of a lot of metal to remove saving the spine is a good thing IMO. When the bevel is set with tape going to the 1k, or the 4k, without tape doesn't take that long to get the bevel set to the higher grit level, and to go up from there.

I've done it both ways and it is better to get the years of wear and abuse cleared up with tape. Once that is done moving along without the tape is fine, and so is continuing with one layer, whichever way you want to go. IME it is a better bet. YMMV.