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I'm still learning, and trying not to have the wife's eyes pop out of her head when it comes to my new hobby's budget. So the only hone I have is a Shapton 12k M5 ceramic that was less than $50 on...

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I'm aware that I wasn't honing to the edge. I knew I would be creating a new bevel. The old bevel was obviously not flat. Even my...

Crap. I forgot to point out the new bevel! Thanks.

The new bevel is sort of in the middle.

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The first "port hole" pic has a good example of the old and new bevel at the same time. The...

I'm trying to crowd-source suggestions on how to proceed honing this blade. That is, if my current compensatory method of pressing the edge down where it doesn't want to touch the hone is far from...

My assessment indicates that my Krusius Brothers KB EXTRA has a twist to the blade geometry. Pics to follow.

I started honing this on my 12k M5 ceramic. One layer of tape. Good and slow :D. Using...