Got the GAH-RAGE set up:


here's the issue with the leather belts, notice the top pulley rubbing the frame in the first pic:



So out of the twenty or so knives I had to practice on I decided to do it in two batches. They were all in different states and had different angles on the blades. I left out the better looking for my second run and this time I think I'm gonna go knife by knife changing belts rather that try to do them all on each belt, then change to a lighter grit belt. - Some required steeper angles just to dent them so after a few hours into it I got "sloppy". Not really feeling the leather belt, was using green compound and the edges were feeling dull coming from the 320 grit. Was trying to go really light and am thinking I just have to keep refining the technique...

Thanks for all the info, have wanted to do this for years!