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Here is an old thread where the honer took micrographs of the bevels at all steps in his honing process.

The photos show what the stria and the edge should look like at each stone.

Post 51 the...

Another thing to look at is at every chip on the edge, you can see a deep white line going from the chip up to the spine.

If you did not have the failed area, (the width is more troubling than...

Circles remove metal faster because of multi directional grinding and faster with slurry.

That looks like impact damage that was not fully removed at bevel set. Impact damage goes deeper than the...

If you can’t distinguish a 1k stria from a 4k, you probably need more magnification. When learning to hone, higher magnification really helps you understand what is happening to the edge and see the...