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Thanks for the advices, I'll hone over the weekend, today 12 hours at work, (not honing related), and counting. I'll get to be an expert at honing soon, :overkill: or not!! eheh :) auugghhh, just...

Ok, did the circles thing and the result is an uneven bevel, probably because I'm not keeping the blade straight on the hone but on the other hand got some improvement on both ends of the edge, but...

When I do the tpt the blade does not feel like cutting, like entering in the thumbprint ridges it just feels soft, too thin, the thin bends and does not cut hair, not even over the skin. Usually, in...

It looks clean, pitting only above the bevel, the whole edge loses sharpness.

I'm making between 20 and 30 laps. I do have a microscope, but usually don't get much info from it, I prefer the tpt. I'll try a higher grit and see what happens.

I have another honing problem. It's a carbon steel 6/8 hollow ground ERN -WALD nº 41. In my naniwa SS 800 I can't set a bevel on this one because before the bevel is right it gets overhoned as...