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After rereading your post, I realize I didn’t reply to your question and jumped straight to honing.

Most of us start with hand sanding. Starting with an appropriate grit for the amount of pitting...

Here’s part 1 of a series of videos from one of the members here. Glen goes through setting a bevel and all the way through to finishing.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p2E9sovmb0Y

Definitely...

Do a bunch of reading before you even attempt honing it. The fundamentals for creating and polishing an edge are the same as knives but the refinement you want to achieve is completely different.
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