A little bit back I ordered a few Gold Dollar/Monkeys just to practice on, and of a group of three, two of them got shave ready pretty quick, and the third one I can barely slice paper with.
The process for each was the same; taped the spine, 3000gr water stone, then 8000, then a 10000 oil stone. While on the 3000 stone, I noticed one of them just wasn't slicing paper like the others, and gave it a little more time, and it made little difference. The same on the 8k and 10k. I took it through the whole process anyway, and in the end I got two that can tree-top all day and one that's basically a pocketknife.
Does anyone have any insight on why that may be?
The process for each was the same; taped the spine, 3000gr water stone, then 8000, then a 10000 oil stone. While on the 3000 stone, I noticed one of them just wasn't slicing paper like the others, and gave it a little more time, and it made little difference. The same on the 8k and 10k. I took it through the whole process anyway, and in the end I got two that can tree-top all day and one that's basically a pocketknife.
Does anyone have any insight on why that may be?