Quote Originally Posted by yondermountain91 View Post
Sometimes ya gotta mess around to find out ya know. I think getting a few cheap 5/8's razors with good steel would be a real good option for learning to hone. I didn't have the patience to read through every comment this morning, but you really shouldn't ever need a stone coarser than 600/800. As you've found out it's real easy to remove a lot of metal quickly without really realizing it. So I'd recommend finding a few razors that don't need so much work and go from there.
Upon introspective reflection I remembered this and will take your advice and just get a 600 grit. Just felt like I needed a 220 because the geometry was so heel heavy on this razor I wished I had something that would just eat up what metal needed to be taken off without much work. At the rate I was going the 1000 grit was still going to take many hours. Did not help it required even more work than originally needed because the gentleman or previous owners who "restored" or "sharpened" it grinded the toe of the spine on that same side right where it need the metal/thickness of the spine the most to be more geometrically symmetrical.