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Honing by hand on flat hones, it really does not matter much. People generally hone with back and forth motions or circling motions. Only for creating an very fine secondary bevel upon finishing the...

If they haven't been sharpened in years, you'll need something coarser, to restore the cutting bevel first.

Normally you just hone one side, with back and forth motions, following the curve of...