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One interesting bit (for people that do measurements), is the fact that the blade road is 2 mm at 10 mm from the edge. That means if...

People aren't CNC machines, there will always be a little wobble. What you're seeing is equally likely just some inconsistency in...

With the intermediate angle technique, what leaves me a little uneasy is how much my angle could be wobbling. The magic marker, and...

Yep, everything under 400 grit is flawed in some way. You have to pick which compromises you want to live with - wear rate, precision...

Diamond stones are kinda slow for me . . . I don't like them for bulk thinning they take a long time. They skid on hard steel, so that's...

For course stones, I have a shapton 120 and 320 (don't know what the 220 is like). The shapton 120 is kind of useless for me. It...

Thanks for all that. Looks a lot like mine. When you said " I would recommend raising a burr at a low angle, and then raise -- or...

It can take a frustrating amount of time to make meaningful progress when dealing with hard steel. I used up the majority of a pink...

I thinned a KU iron clad wat gyuto that was super heavy and thick, too. I would recommend raising a burr at a low angle, and then raise...

Thanks for the reply and comments. I didn't caliper it at first. But, then it pretty much wedged in a ripe tomato. It was beyond...

If it matters, I am not diverging from what @ethompson suggested (using for a while first). But, to use it, I think I need it to wedge...

Bump. If the question requires something else (for me to explain, etc.) to be answered, or already fully answered elsewhere, please...

Some more guidance welcome. As far are being able to use the knife in the kitchen (ie not just for polishing) I am not liking it, at a...

Got it, thanks; that's what I thought originally. Will hive it a bit more use before I do major surgery. It still likes to wedge more...

Alas, less rosy picture than that. Sorry the for the confusion - when I say height above I mean as measured from edge to spine more or...