Well the old saying, "If at first you don't succeed try try again!" must be true. After many hours of practice I think I am beginning to get the hang of the honing jig.
3/4" Before Reworking 
1" Reworked, 3/4", 1/4", Honing Jig & Shopmade Angle Jig
Evidently my problem was all the result of uneven pressure on the blade as I ran the chisel across the sand paper. If pressure is not applied evenly the jig tends to wander in the direction of the higher applied pressure, thereby removing removing more material and creating a skew across the sharpened edge. In my case, after squaring the end of the chisel and creating flats,when I started using the honing jig with uneven pressure I effectively started playing a game of chase. While the side receiving excess pressure ground towards a sharpened edge the other side maintained a flat.
Flat/Polished Back
Bevel Honed/Polished - Clear cuts the hair on my arm like Butter!Being new to sharpening, I'm not sure if my solution is the best or even correct, but it's working for me until some better technique comes along. In order to apply pressure evenly I saw two (2) options. The obvious one was to concentrate more on each stroke to more evenly apply pressure. While this option sounds simple enough it slowed me down to a snail’s pace and honestly I found it difficult to keep my focus on every pass. When I did focus the results were OK, but the speed was unacceptable. I want to be a woodworker not a chisel sharpener. The second approach, where I've found success is alternating stroke. Instead of trying to maintain a straight line on each pass I actually push to the left approximately 20 passes and then to the right approximately 20 passes. I had seen this being done in some videos in the past, so I take no credit, but until you start practicing the process neurons don't quite make it all the way across the synapses.
Until my next post,
Keep Your Mind on your Fingers and your Fingers on your Hands!!!
