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Bevel Sharpening Direction
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Should I start at the heel of the bevel and keep sharpening until it
reaches the tip, or do I start from the tip of the tool and keep
sharpening my way back to the heel of the bevel?
Michael Dresdner: Neither. You should be sharpening in such a
way that the bevel angle stays the same, which means you will be
hitting the whole bevel at once. When sharpening on a round wheel to
create a hollow grind, that may mean that you will contact the center
of the bevel first, then grind outward to both the tip and heel
simultaneously.
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