So I haven't seen a post like this in a while and I haven't entirely seen one dealing with my question...but here goes...and at the risk of public humiliation...
I have a problem with sharpening the heels of my blades. I can keep it nice and even the length of the blade about a 3mm in front of the heel all the way to tip but at the last 3mm-4mm I end up rounding off the edge. In other words I end up with an edge that is straight from the tip to the last 4mm but then curves downwards creating a sort of frown or new belly...make sense. If you set the knife's edge flat on a flat surface the last 3mm curves upwards away from the board.
I will post pics later tonight if it doesn't make sense...
I didn't use to have this problem when I sharpened ala CDawg with the sweeping motion but my edges didn't last very long and weren't entirely even so I started watching Jon's videos and started sharpening like him. I got much much more even edges except at the heel.
I use a lot of pressure so seeing threads that said not to do that at the heel and tip I stopped but it is worse now. My heji now has the virus too and it kills me. Anybody else experience this?
Thanks for any input.
I have a problem with sharpening the heels of my blades. I can keep it nice and even the length of the blade about a 3mm in front of the heel all the way to tip but at the last 3mm-4mm I end up rounding off the edge. In other words I end up with an edge that is straight from the tip to the last 4mm but then curves downwards creating a sort of frown or new belly...make sense. If you set the knife's edge flat on a flat surface the last 3mm curves upwards away from the board.
I will post pics later tonight if it doesn't make sense...
I didn't use to have this problem when I sharpened ala CDawg with the sweeping motion but my edges didn't last very long and weren't entirely even so I started watching Jon's videos and started sharpening like him. I got much much more even edges except at the heel.
I use a lot of pressure so seeing threads that said not to do that at the heel and tip I stopped but it is worse now. My heji now has the virus too and it kills me. Anybody else experience this?
Thanks for any input.