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Thanks, Glenn-That is exactly the thread I remember picking up some of those tips from, and I'm going to reread it now. Aaron

Thanks for your insights too, Marshall-I should probably keep the Dawn off of my synthetic water-hones per Euclid's experience! And I hear what you're saying about the PHIG being probably a step...

Wow, thanks for all the advice, Euclid!! When you say "jointing the edge," I'm not sure what you mean. Is that like bread-knifing or killing the edge partly? I like how systematic your system seems...

Tintin-Dish soap or a light honing oil (on the right stone!) provides that final microscopic cushion for your most whisper- light finishing strokes, or at least that is the theory. It seems to work,...

Hi All-Having recently posted that I was getting back into honing after a hiatus, I was still reluctant to tackle a few “problem” blades I had put in the bottom of my pile:
-One was a German...