I recently acquired this Celebrated Royal Keen Kutter. Unfortunately, The blade edge has a few nicks and dings. Can anyone advice how to best smooth the edge to acquire the needed shavings edge during honing? Should I start by removing the entirety of the edge until all the small nicks have been removed? Or, hone enough to remove them? Thank you for your help.
To have a smooth shave, edge and spine must be parallel. I'd go with a normal honing, being a very little issue.
Yeah, I'm no expert but that looks like a solid honing could get rid of those and get you back in the game.
Theses two spots are going to give you issues The heel need to be recontoured and rounded before you start honing Let me give you a trick Add 3 layers of tape while working corrections, get the edge where you want it, THEN drop to one layer or none your choice and then set the bevel This concentrates all the heavy striations at the very Fin and makes it easier to take out when you set the bevel.. Basically it eliminates the deep Striations/Scratches from being in the whole bevel Hone on !!!
I think the biggest issue you might have, is in the toe end, The pitting looks pretty substantial, especially on the edge. Hopefully you wont need the remove too much metal. Can you provide a pic of the other side?? That might also help. The heal isnt a big deal. Just use the side of a coarse hone, and "Breadknife" the hook at the heel away. Then concentrate your bevel setting on this area, first, before the rest. Pay attention to the tape.
