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Refreshing the edge is just removing a bit of metal with a fine hone to get it to cut nicely again. However, after a while that makes the bevel deteriorate...

That's when you take it back to...

When I was learning on 2" hones, I made a special effort to make sure that every part of the blade travels the same distance under the same pressure on the hone. Now it comes naturally to me. Since I...

The x-pattern on narrow hones is what eliminated that worry for me. Those Japanese slip-stones had to be held together with one hand to achieve a flat honing surface and they cut so slowly that they...

I wish I got a 2" Norton right off the bat. I keep worrying about overhoning the toe with this 3" monstrosity. I'll probably get the 2" eventually and sell this one, but I am not that financially...