Knife porn thread

On another subject, my sharpening technique is not working well.

I just spent 40 mins or so on two stainless knives which were only averagely blunt to begin with, and ended up being usable, but a considerable way off razor sharp.

It seems like a pretty simple process to put an edge on a knife, and the scope for doing it wrong must come down to one (or more) of 3 things:

• Sharpening at the wrong angle
  
• Wobbling the knife so the angle is not consistent
  
• Not taking enough metal off to get it sharp
  
  

I'm working through a number of grades of whetstones, probably a couple of minutes per side on each stone.

I dunno what I'm doing wrong.