yes i got a burr on both sides eventually just took some time
Not what Clay meant. First off, you need to do the sharpie trick to actually find out what the actual angle is currently on the blade. It probably has a slight difference on each side. You can not go by what someone said. After you do that and set the angle correctly to what it was at, then creating a burr usually does not take long.
creating a burr on each side has nothing to do with having equal bevel width on each side. The bevel width is how wide the bevel is that you sharpen into the blade. Even if you set the angle the same on each side, that does not mean the bevel width will be equal. That all depends on how the knife is mounted and how the manufacturer actually created the main bevel of the blade. I do not have many blades that have the main bevel equal at all.
But, now that you have the bevel angle set on your blade, the next time you sharpen it, it will take no time to raise a burr and have a sharp edge. If you do not “take the time to find the bevel angle” using the sharpie trick and measuring each side with the angle cube you are more than likely changing the bevel, or re-profiling the edge and that takes time. I have taken waaayyy longer than 1hr before to raise a burr when changing the angle of the bevel. All depends on what you are trying to accomplish!
Welcome to the rabbit hole! :woohoo:
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