So I’ve gone from lapping the back of the chisels to honing the besel and micro besel.
Lapping the back is basically making sure the back is as flat as it can be. It is done by sanding it with finer grits until you have close to a mirror like finish.
I’ve got a Veritas Mk II honing jig. I’m having a bit of a problem with the micro besel though. The besel gets honed fine. I put the chisel in the jig and it is square and I hone it and all the scratches are square and the mirror like finish is accomplished. The chisel remains square. Then you turn a dial on the roller to start on the micro besel and start on the micro besel. My problem is that the micro besel is not straight to the face (parallel with) or edge of the chisel. It has a slight angle. Now the chisel is still sharp in the end because there is a micro besel across the entire edge of the chisel. One one side it is very small and on the other side it is larger.
The docs with the Mk II don’t give any indication on any adjustments to the roller to allow squaring it. I sent email to Veritas Tools so hopefully they will help.