I am trying..now 8th time to sharpen a maxamet manix 2 and I have a burr easily felt on one side but it is so hard to get one on the other side although I think I have a very small burr along the entire length. What is happening here using a pro 3 unit? I have had no trouble with other blades but this is so frustrating..some have said the smaller the burr the better but if I have uneven burrs can I proceed OR do I need to do something differently.. Both angles right and left are very close and yet from previous session where adjustment loosened, edges are uneven..
I suspect that your knife is not mounted perfectly normal (ie. orthogonal) to the plane that your stones are being measured from via the digital angle gauge. It should not matter much though if you truly have a full burr on both sides. However, if you are looking for “perfection” doing 3-5x+ more strokes on the correct side will raise a bigger burr. Also, remember that while the WEPS clamp IMO supplies very accurate centering it still is a function of the major face grind angles of a specific knife. This can cause unavoidable very small tilts when clamped in the WEPS.
A magnified visual aid, such as a jeweler’s loop or a USB microscope will allow you to see exactly what your bevels look like. This will help you determine what’s going on.
Like Readheads suggests it may be an angle issue. It could be in the knife’s primary grind symmetry, or in the knife’s clamped position, or possibly in the angle’s the stones are set to. It only takes a slight the angle issue from side to side in to effect the burr formation.
Maximet is a harder steel and not always easy to sharpen. I’d use up down scrubbing strokes perpendicular to the knife edge balancing your effort from side to side till you produce the even burrs you seek. Remember the burrs will flop back and forth to the side opposite to where your working.
In my experience, very hard steels tend not to produce large burrs. As said by airscapes, a USB scope should be the answer. After raising a burr on the first side and trying to raise a burr on the opposite side, look to see if the stone on the second side is really reaching the apex. If it is, the size of the burr is unimportant.