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Another +1 on learning to hone the warped blade. I found that my honing abilities grew by leaps and bounds when I started to learn how to hone warped and twisted blades. Just remember that the magic...

I honed up a Joseph Allen & Sons this morning using a borrowed set of Nortons. I now remember why I sold my Nortons in the first place and kept the King's. It felt like I was getting no feedback at...

The PHIG I use most of the time is one of the harder ones. I pesonally find that while it works with slurry, it works much better on water alone. Then again, I like a crisp edge and my opinion of a...

Razor: Utica Cutlery Co. Helma 88, 6/8 extra hollow.
Stones:Washita, Hard Arkansas, PHIG
Result: Couldn't find my big Washita so i had to set the bevel on the Washita on the Smith's tri-hone using...

I'm okay with them being called any of the names we've given them. I've used the terms C-nat and C12k quite a bit. But once I read that someone thought that the term PHIG was discriminatory, I've...

Taking a break from honing and thought that i'd check in. I know that we are supposed to use synthetics with a known grit progression up to the PHIG but this thread lit a fire under my ass to try...

Does the vein run through the stone to the other side? If not lap the other side and try again

The first one I bought was grey on one side and the other side was slightly lighter grey and had blue streaks in it. This stone was not even close to being a finisher.

Razor: Mulcuto Gold 4/8.Edge properly killed.
Hones: King 800/4000, Pike Swaty, PHIG
Progression: 20 circles and 20 x-strokes on the 800.
Pyramid between the 4000 and the...