I also started with a Lansky and it just did not work for me in the sense that it took to long to set up and sharpening a blade over 3 inches in length became problematic. Where the Lansky does work is with hard to sharpen steel like S30V (my mini Doug Ritter).

Anyway, I also used the sandpaper method and it worked very well:

Out of the box edge:

After the sandpaper method:



Here is the tutorial I wrote up:
http://www.scrapyardknives.com/ubbthread...part=1&vc=1

Just one more thing. If you are going to do convex edges get a leather strop and some black and green compound. This is perfect for daily maintenance and unless the edge is damaged you will probably not need to go back to the sandpaper for some time.

Regards,
Gideon