Thread: Is there anything left to hone?

Okay, I have been honing for the last 2 hours, and cannot see that anything has changed. The frown is still in there. I used the sandpaper and another hone I found laying around the house (looks old ... box says "Carborundum Double Grit No. 109")

You may want to "profile" the edge by "squeegeeing" the edge on the sandpaper or course grit hone (hold blade at 90 degrees to the hone). This may sound radical but its a quick way to get the edge shaped the way you want it, such as; remove that frown, give it a nice smile or a dead straight edge... its up to you

You could hold it at 45 degrees instead of 90… achieves the same result, just takes a little longer.

Go slow and take your time, you don't want to over do it.

After you get the edge shaped the way you want it, you can start setting the bevel (again), make sure to tape the spine while setting the bevel, you will be doing a lot of honing, and your bevel will end up wider that it is now.

And while you are it check that the blade is not warped… that frown could return if you have a warped blade.