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Stick with the 15°setting on the T1. You will soon be proficient.

Ken

So when faced with a knife for the first time (I have an old fillet knife to try today) do you still try to find the correct original angle with a sharpie? I used my new digital microscope on a boning knife I tried to sharpen. Wow there's a lot going on there I don't think I wanted to happen : (

When you get your microscope check very carefully that you are actually grinding to the edge. I found myself early on looking at the shiny part of the bevel thinking the edge was included and spent more than my fair share of effort just grinding away the bevel (not the edge) because my angle was too flat. Once I increased my angle and noticed I was on the edge the burr "happened".

Thank you! Haven't gotten to it yet life is getting in the way.

Thank you. I use my thumb nail and might be missing one. But just yesterday my $40 digital microscope came from Amazon so tonight after work I'll start on the learning curve with an older knife.  Many thanks.

First post here, and have had a T1 for a while and still on the lower part of the learning curve.  The dreaded burr question first, related to the second question: How the heck long can it take to develop a burr, and I'm sure it has to do with the quality of the steel in the knife. I have some no name knives, Henkels, Victorinox and others.  I have a cleaver and a boning knife that I swear I have spent forever developing the nondeveloping burr.  I have used a sharpie so think my angle is correct.  I have some carbon steel knives from my father and some from flea markets, they seem to sharpen easier.  Is there a reference for types of steel used as far as hardness and ease of sharpening? Most of what I have is stainless but some have no markings as to type of steel.  As is typical of me, once I start something I try to go all in and learn all I can. This is just a hobby but now I need to get good for all of my hunting knives and kitchen knives. My results are OK at best, and I get frustrated when I watch a video with 5 passes and the knife cuts paper      I detest a dull knife!!!