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I'm a moron. I completely missed that and made everything more complicated.

If he's got a Norton 4/8, I absolutely completely agree!

It depends entirely on what other hones you have. You have only mentioned a mystery 1k hone and a Swaty. If that is all you have, then your options are a little more limited. If you did in fact...

For the first 5 years or so before finding SRP and the joys of a "few" additional hones, I only had a Swaty and a Carborundum 102 for honing. It took me hours to get a shaveable edge because I never...

Actually I have found that I can set the bevel on an average ebay full hollow in 5--10 minutes with pressure. The edge will be chippy but not so much that it cannot be correct with the next hone in...

Where were you trying to get and how did you nail it?

The 1k is a bevel setter and is not a touch up hone. The Swaty is a touch up hone meant to be used for only a few (like 4 to 6) strokes to...