Thanks KG...funny you should mention this the very day my Kalamazoo 1x42 arrived AND I had just printed out the thread by Jerry Hossom. I'm going to take the plunge.

I had (have) concerns about over heating and drawing out the temper and also about the angle of the blade, or I should say edge to the belt. On the straight edge, (choil to beginning of belly) it appears fairly simple, but from the beginning of the belly around to the tip seems a little tricky. As I understand it the handle must be raised as you approach the tip or did I mis-read that? In as much as the blade geometry changes as you approach the tip, (i.e. wider toward the spine) it would seem that some correction is needed in the angle of attack from belly to tip. Is it correct to raise the handle as I described?

Thanks again for all the good stuff!