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Thanx G. I'm sure you know it ain't easy especially with that Bengall steel. Almost makes me wanna buy a good belt grinder but I'd have to do a bunch of these to pay for it :)

Grinders are good Szymon until you get one of those blades that shatter just at the look of one :p Not the case here luckily :)
Finished on my Asagi. All the other stones I had here that you saw...

The Black Bean was supplied by the owner & although I found it prone to split along the grain it also sanded surprisingly smooth on low grits.
The request was for a bushman's workhorse look so...

Then I just had to finish & shave test it. This pic is post shave. (Approx 200x mag) The edge is very sound & an awesome shave.

Then I started on the Shapton GS 2k for 20 or so strokes & things looked good. (Approx 200x mag)

Taking it to the wetgrinder I reshaped the heel & edge some into a slight smile then some DMT work. New profile below. Gave it a few strokes on the DMTC to set the spine then added 3 layers of...

This Bengall came in pretty shiny & just for a rescale but after a close look there seemed to be a few issues that would have made honing a challenge for the owner so I offered to set the bevel on...