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The last bit confused me, but at my advanced age that seems to be happening more and more. ;) . Theoretically, and theory is a fine thing, you should be able to hone a smiling...

Harry

You might want to try 2 layers of electrical tape and see if that reduces the width of the bevel a bit. I would leave the smile in the blade and learn to hone it. The dotted line in fig 19...

Basically what Jimmy said. I would add not to presume any hones arrive flat. It is always good to lap them to be sure. A lot of the time if the spine has a slight curve then the blade may have...