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I did a bit of honing last night. I did ncorporate the spine leading laps at the end of the time on each stone. What i did find was the stria going in another direction and helping to smooth out what...

It never hurts to try, but I'm afraid the stones won't be a very accurate grit consistency. But, what the hell.:shrug: I will say that if they work wonders/miracles, I ain't going to go out and buy...

No! Not Walmart stones?

It was a bit different in how it works. Learning to feel a bur on an edge is inportant in his style but the end result was faster and the look on the scope was good. The test shave is were the truth...

Insee what your saying. The bur would be so tiny i dont think it would be a benifit or hinderance, but i guess it wod still be there. Thanks for opening my eyes to this. Im still honing edge leading...

Joe, i could be wrong as it wouldnt be the first time, but if your honing one lap at a time on both sides (even honing not one sided) and edge leading, i dont see how a bur could be brought to be. As...

.....leading you cut off the burr with each stroke and produce a straighter, stronger edge.

I like this idea. Joe was showing how the particles of the stone are forced into the edge and causing a...

I think I spent about an hour trying to figure out what the magnification was I was using. And in the end, it was still a guess at around 90x. Be happy to see your setup at the meet. I was going to...

Joe, What power were you using on your scope? Thanks for the vid. The edge did look good in the end. But I do like a more polished bevel without all the scratches. That's where the 12K or 20K come...