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All done Hando and its on its way back to you - might get there tuesday. It was a bigger mess than I thought, so I reset the bevel and honed it up to 16,000 grit. I taped the spine to protect it, so future touch-ups should have one thickness of electrical tape on the spine or have the bevel re-set if you want to forgo the tape - the tape saves wear and flattening of the spine, though.

As for the other guy, in all fairness he may have forgot where he was up to - took a telephone call or a lunchbreak and something - we're only human, aren't we, after all.

I took a few before and after pics - they might not give a good indication because its only a cheap lo-res USB microscope:

Before:

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before1.jpg


After:

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after1.jpg


It's a bit hard to see, but there is a definite burr/fin on the before pics that is broken off in places.

See if you think it is any better when you get it back. It's a nice blade to hone, but it is liable to overhone very easily, which leaves that troublesome burr!

All the Best,
Neil.
 
Neil

i await it's arrival like a bairn at xmas :lol:

very gentlemanly of you to try and excuse the previous chaps effort at sharpening, sure it's easy to get lost in other things throughout the day, but even you will agree that the quickest of final checks before it was posted wouldn't have missed the state it was in?
 
Remember you asking about this on BB. You hacked any extremeties off with it yet then? :)
I'm getting a real polished edge using that diamond lapping film.
Still make more use of my HD than the straight tho.
 
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