As a newbie I bought a shave ready Gold Dollar from Billy on Ebay, heel and spine were modified, edge was as good as any. I also bought one factory fresh from China but never managed to get it shave ready. So I would recommend vintage Solingen without hone wear or smile to practice on for a newbie.
If lucky you will be able to hone without modifying toe-heel-spine. If not be careful to tape and secure blade especially when using power tools to remove steel.
Ps. The 66 needs a bit off tooOn the W59, I felt the heel stabilizer came into contact with the hone, this may just be my way of honing because I COULD avoid it when I took my time and was very deliberate....but imo you should not need to do that, it honed up great and shaved very well...but I'm still gonna take a wee bit off each side.
Ps. The 66 needs a bit off too
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