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Honing these big wedges is interesting.

There is physics and mathematics to the honing process--and it is based on area.

I'm pretty sure this means that going to lower grit or increasing the...

Yep!

You DO have to hone that bevel--it has to be somewhat close, and you can't have any big gaping chips.

But I found that the real problem with these big fat wedges is that final bit of...

I have had many long conversations with our friends down at the Japan Woodworker (since my sailboat is 100 yds from their door).

They really push the sandpaper on flat granite or glass approach...

I have always been fascinated with creating a straight line on the edge.

A while back, I tried creating that line by dragging the edge on the stone, point down, the blade perpendicular to the...

James,

The reason is because the number of strokes you hone depends on the AREA of the bevel you are working on.

The number of strokes goes up as a square of the dimensions, so if you double...

My latest Ebay addition, a shiny Clauss arrived today.

It had the original bevel but two really nasty 1/2 bevel chipped out areas.

So, I 325'd it until the chips were gone, then 600 then 1200...

Now why would a double bevel shave smoother? Hmmm....

I have noticed that my biggest problem with technique is when I forget to SCRAPE and start trying to slice.

Consider a plane that goes...