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Thank you.

This is Heracles. My apologies for leaving anyone hanging. I sent my blade to a sharpening service in Oregon (after I did this I rec’d a few offers from members of this site offering to do it. ...

Regarding your remarks about the shot glass and teaspoon: Don’t sugarcoat it like that. Really.

Thank you RezDog. I’m sending it tomorrow for a professional job. I would like to learn how to keep the blade sharp on my own now and do more difficult stuff later as I get competent at the basics....

What's a lapping stone and do I need to order one online? I just record a Norton 4000/8000.

Than you.

I will send it out. Any advice on who does good work?

Thanks again to everyone. I need more experience in just maintaining an edge. Sigh...

I live in upstate New York, near Binghamton.

It looks like as the chip sort of cups away laterally from the edge-if you look straight at the edge (as if you were going to drag it across the bridge of your nose) the edge runs straight then cups...

Yes the stone is flat. It’s brand new-this was the first use.

Other than a few touch-ups with a very smooth stone this is the first time I have honed the blade. I am using x strokes. Here’s a picture. Thank you.

Hello,

I’m new to this site and I have a question. I followed Lynn Abrams’s instructions down to the T for honing. I have a Dovo with a little ding/chip in the edge. I did the 20 circles on...