Thank you guys.  I was planning to use the tutorial for convexing by the bark river knife company website as given by one of the members here.  When talking about primary/secondary edges I'm totally lost <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/paperbag.gif" alt="" />  Is the general concensus to use a system like a sharpmaker or lansky in conjunction with the mousepad and sandpaper?