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Excellent! The big moments that occured in my learning curve, and then theoretically altered the amount of time it took to learn were:

Lapping the damn hone
Learning a good stroke technique...

:OT :) Well, I can't just say we're going off topic and be nice, because I have to have 10 characters to make a stinking post. So I'll ask.... but keep in mind I'm not really asking.... I just...

I started to get a pretty good feel for it after about 4 years. I, too, vote for some one-on-one training.