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It’s a tactile thing, how you position your wrist and the pressure you apply to the blade when creating the burr. Quite satisfying when you discover it. But you’re finding the angle that is good for you, not the angle the blade may have had when you first brought it. So that angle will be slightly different for different people as their technique for finding the angle is different.
If that makes sense.
cornelius_blackfoot
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nick_h.
How on earth do people get a consistent angle? If I did a course I'm sure I'd understand the theory, but I couldn't train my hand to do precise, consistent 15 degree strokes. And forget about changing to consistent 25 degree strokes for a different knife. If you don't practice your sharpening every day, how do you ever become competent? The joy of the Wicked Edge gadget is that even the first knife you sharpen can be perfect.