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It's a small narrow Y/G (I love them)



Eric,

I agree that there will be some unevenness, one way or another and I just meant that the X can be a weird move so that the heel (or any other...

I have to disagree: with a narrow hone you can modify the X so that the parts of the blade spend equal amount on the surface.

Btw, even with a 3" wide pushing straight you may still have...

Fred,

for a non-smiling straight edge, a 3x8 is much easier to handle as a beginner honer than a narrow stone, imo. I have also talked to a number of people starting into honing who confirm this....

Lol, Josh - I cannot call my hone arsenal *junk* - not with the prices on some of these puppies :roflmao

Anyway, I guess I prefer to have both small and large hones :D

If I had to have just...