How to sharpen the tip part of blade

[Proluxline]

Hello guys, I am a beginner and have a tornek t-t system. i want to sharpen my shun 10 inch knife but have a problem, when I am holding tightly the holder and it comes to the tip part, even if I bent the knife but keeping the holder to the metal bar it just can't make the right angle and messed up the tip, it's almost flat at the tip part and I need to hold the whole knife in my hand to get the desired angel but then I could not control as it's not touching the metal bar. It's very annoying I checked all the videos from Tormek looks like they are able to keep the holder attached in metal bar and just slightly bent but keeping one side attached to  the bar, but I can't if I do the grinding stone takes too much of angel. Please help me to fix this issue.

[tgbto]

Hey,

I'm not sure I understood your problem 100%, but if it can be summarized as "The bevel gets wider at the tip", it is because you are only pivoting the knife away from you, and not lifting the blade.

There are countless posts on how much to lift/pivot. In the T-4/T-8 manual, Tormek recommends to only lift the handle, not pivot. It's also shown on their basic knife sharpening video.

Gauging how much to pivot/lift according to your knife and how you clamped it is a skill you will need to learn, with the help of a sharpie. This post will tell you much of what you need to know about it. This other one is also quite interesting regarding clamping.