Quote Originally Posted by Bruce View Post
Sorry I am to report that a DOVO SS 6/8 Renaissance is being... hmmm... uncooperative with my attempts at honing it, and honing it, and honing it. I have even said unkind things to it after a stone under steel session. And then said even more unkind things to it when, after a round of steel over leather, we tried steel on well lathered cheek. All it seemed to do was turn a deaf blade.

I wonder if a DOVO will make as good a letter opener as does a ZEEPK?

We may find out in the not too distant future.
I've done a bunch of these. They seem like a harder SS to me. Seem to work better with more polishing strokes. So if on the Norton and finishing, instead of some 1-3 or 1-5 strokes on the 4K/8K, I ususlly go with 1-7's.

Lynn