It feels like I am at like 30 degrees a side. At least it will not grab if I slide my knife along a surface like wood until....30 or so degrees. I got a feeling Vic's is a much more productive angle when he gets done.
I am not surprised. Those obtuse grinds will cut and chop concrete blocks. They are hard to chip or roll. I suspect mine are more like 20 degrees or less in some cases. Mine hold up on hard maple in all four Busse steels. I have rolled an edge or two on some Barkies that had really thin edges, but I just redid them a little thicker and no problem. Going to a narrower angle with hand sharpening is the same way I do it with belt sanders. Start with an aggressive grit to get some steel off. Once you get the new angles to meet you'll get a wire edge that appears all along one side. You can knock the wire edge off by drawing the edge through wood (ever notice my porch railing in the pics?). Then go to finer and finer grits to get a sharper edge. If you still have a slight burr or wire edge, strop it off on leather or very lightly with a ceramic rod.
