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All I can say is, N-A-N-I-W-A. My stones showed up this morning so I took them to work with me.

I got a 5k, 8k, 12k "set" from srd. Got them lapped using a course diamond hone(325 grit...

just broke down and ordered naniwa 5k,8k,12k stones, hopefully it makes a difference otherwise i may have to work on my technique instead ; )

What you're saying makes sense, I totally understand how aggressive diamonds are and I assume they could cause fracturing in the steels surface, at least I have seen it under magnification with...

Bevel setter is a king 1k, everything else is Dmt diamond paste on hard maple hones. Determined that all the chips were out by running my fingernail along the edge and checked to make sure my bevels...

Just picked up a Joseph Allen and sons non xll 6/8 3/4 grind, it's post 1890 and has Bakelite scales with a lead wedge. I reset the bevel and worked through my hones, 1k, 6m, 3m, 1m. I noticed that...