Knife Edge

[Byron]

Ok, I have sharpened several knives now and I have to say they are sharp!  I have had problems with keeping the bevel uniform across the blade, specifically at the rounded tip.  I lift the knife as I come to the rounded tip but the bevel seems to widen.  I read the owners manual for this process and it points out that the position of the knife (left to right) determines the uniformity of the edge.  Is there a trick to positioning the knife to maintain a uniform bevel width?

[Honer]

The Sharptools video helped me a ton.
You can watch it on line.

[Jeff Farris]

Honer has the right suggestion.  Watch the online video on knives.  The problem with the manual is that it does not really show the way that Torgny or I sharpen knives with the jig.  I don't know why but I assume it is an interpretation problem of the person that watched Torgny and wrote the instructions and did the drawings.  The bevel will remain more consistent if you rotate the jig up and down to follow the bevel, instead of fore and aft.