anda leather beltwith a chromium oxide compound for finishing. The moving belts bear the brunt of the grinding work to speed up the process, but the principles are similar to that of a whetstone. The biggest difference is that instead of moving the blade back and forth across the stone, yo...
You’ll now sharpen the second cutting edge near the tip like a chisel. Line it up so that the blade grind angle is flush with the stones and push straight on the stones like you are shaving off a layer. Repeat this on both sides of the edge while forming and taking off burrs....
mirror-polished edge on a knife. Yet these folks all manage to get by with a cheap diamond stone or a pull-through, a scuffed up blade, and a serviceable field edge.
A properly sharpened bit will have clean chisel (cutting edge), a heel that is lower than the point (called positive relief), and the chisel angle should be at 1-1:30 when looking at the bit as shown. If the angle is at 2 o’clock, try again, only move the notch 1 to 2 places...