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Mattius said:Neil Miller said:carefully inspect the hone wear on the spine and the bevel for irregularities - the most common thing to throw away the last bit of sharpness is the straightness (ie lack of it) of the spine.
...The nightmare begins........
Regards,
Neil
Brilliant Neil thanks very much for all that. Immediately suspect the above as even with the naked eye I can see one area of the bevel that has 'honed more' (does that make sense) that the rest of the edge.
Crikey this is a steep learning curve this honing business... Will have another go over the weekend and try and get hold of a loupe meantime any other suggestions for a decent cheapish one (thanks for yours @asharperrazor)
Cheers
Matt
It can also mean that you had a to much pressure during honing, if at the middle of the blade/edge I would suspect that (or at the toe, aka heavy toe wear)...
Mattius said:Neil Miller said:carefully inspect the hone wear on the spine and the bevel for irregularities - the most common thing to throw away the last bit of sharpness is the straightness (ie lack of it) of the spine.
...The nightmare begins........
Regards,
Neil
Brilliant Neil thanks very much for all that. Immediately suspect the above as even with the naked eye I can see one area of the bevel that has 'honed more' (does that make sense) that the rest of the edge.
Crikey this is a steep learning curve this honing business... Will have another go over the weekend and try and get hold of a loupe meantime any other suggestions for a decent cheapish one (thanks for yours @asharperrazor)
Cheers
Matt
It can also mean that you had a to much pressure during honing, if at the middle of the blade/edge I would suspect that (or at the toe, aka heavy toe wear)...