I just sharpened through a full progression on a white #2 gyuto (g ginga) for the first time - only had it for a few months so had previously only "touched up" the edge on high grit stones, not wanting to mess up Jon's initial sharpening job, which I knew I couldn't duplicate. Anyway, after going through the whole progression (1K, 3K, 8K, 10K), I've noticed a couple spots on the edge that appear to have extremely fine microserrations at the very edge. These are not chips, they are extremely small, almost invisible - they show up as glints of light more than visibly deformed metal, although you can see some slight deformation if you look hard enough.
At first I thought maybe I hadn't done a good enough job deburring, as that seemed the most obvious suspect. But I don't feel a burr when running my fingertips or fingernail laterally (perpendicular to the edge).
I did a fair amount of edge trailing strokes at the end of each grit, followed by hard felt, in an attempt to deburr. Could it be that some just stuck around, and I'm not feeling it because it happens to be aligned correctly? I haven't used it much since sharpening, so don't know if there is any quick degradation that could indicate wire edge.
What's likely going on and what is the way to fix it? Start over at 1K and try to deburring better?
PS: it is sharp as all get out, just looks a little off in some spots.
At first I thought maybe I hadn't done a good enough job deburring, as that seemed the most obvious suspect. But I don't feel a burr when running my fingertips or fingernail laterally (perpendicular to the edge).
I did a fair amount of edge trailing strokes at the end of each grit, followed by hard felt, in an attempt to deburr. Could it be that some just stuck around, and I'm not feeling it because it happens to be aligned correctly? I haven't used it much since sharpening, so don't know if there is any quick degradation that could indicate wire edge.
What's likely going on and what is the way to fix it? Start over at 1K and try to deburring better?
PS: it is sharp as all get out, just looks a little off in some spots.