Thanks for taking the time to respond!
Just a few things related to the posts you mentioned:
1) Some of the blades (but obviously not all) are FFG. However, for every knife I do pad the top of the vice as mentioned in Clay’s video where he’s working on a FFG Spyderco. I started doing this after the first 6-7 knives.
2)There’s no deformity that I can see with the vice itself that would cause the blade to be canted to one side or the other. Given that it’s consistent on one side that might indicate something slightly off but I can’t see it through visual inspection.
3) I have also tried using an iPhone app or two to determine angle on the last few that I have sharpened. It does show an angle variance on either side when a knife is mounted but short of changing the angle on the right side to be more than that of the left (i.e. 19 on the left and 20+ on the right) I am not sure how to address the differences. Again, this is consistent regardless of the knife or the type of grind.
4) I have addressed linkage play by the way I hold the stones as I am working them. I will grip the stones with my thumb, index finger, and middle finger. I place the ring and pinky fingers towards the bottom on the side of the stone facing away from the blade and apply just a little pressure. This keeps the stone from rocking as it transitions upwards. It’s not as comfortable to hold as just relaxing your hands into the slots on the sides of the stones but it’s not too bad.
Again, I appreciate you posting links to those threads and there may be something there that I can improve upon but I think I am using (hopefully correctly) the suggestions other have posted there.
