Problem: I like my edges way “slicier” (steeper) than most factory edges. I really like 17* with an up to 20* micro-bevel. Several times, mostly with my Hinderers which have a pretty high edge angle and a lot of meat behind the edge, when I re profile them, I get uneven bevels–and it bothers the heck out of me that there isn’t visual symmetry. One bevel wide, the other, not so much. Then I go on a crusade of ever changing bevels as I try to get them even.
Old technique: Find the sweet spot, zero out, set the angle on each side, lock it all down and then 1) scrub one side (either circular or sort of vertical) at 100 grit until a burr is formed; then switch sides and repeat. Then, I switch to alternating edge trailing sweeping strokes to smooth everything out & pretty everything up, and then progress to step… 2) which is basically the same process until I get to 800 grit, and then it is sweeping strokes only one side until a burr, then the other, then alternating to pretty it all up. During this process, I try to inspect for bevel symmetry, but whether it’s my eyes, my lighting, or whatever, it looks all ok, until the knife is removed from the vice and…. voila…uneven bevels.
Proposed new technique: To avoid under/over scrubbing–what do you think about this?….With my first grit, use alternating edge trailing sweeping strokes until the sharpie is really gone from the apex, and the knife is starting to feel sharp…THEN switching to one sided sweeping strokes until a burr is formed, then switching sides and doing sweeping strokes until the burr is formed. THEN, alternating strokes again to eliminate the burr and going to the next grit. I think I get into trouble with the one sided scrubbing….I have to think that it will not take many one-sided seeping strokes to draw a burr once I get to that point…
Thoughts, advice, critique are welcome.
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