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1 September 2017 at 3:42 pm
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If you have access to a grinder and it’s really out of square, I’d do the following: hold the blade straight up vertical and carefully “joint” the edge on your (flat) stone. Since there’s so little steel right at the edge, it should only take one or two light passes. Test it with your Square and go until the edge is square to the sides. You should now have a bright reflective flat on the edge. Grind a new bevel until you see the bright flat disappear, then re-hone the edge and you’re good to go. Hope this is helpful.