Hi Linkshande,
Thanks for taking the trouble to dig up the old thread and post a reply.
I have been practicing a bit and I pretty much use it the way you do. I found that the first knife I tried out was in such bad shape it took literally hours to get the edge at the right angle. I ended up bleeding at some point so I knew I was getting there.

It is the first knife I made a couple of years ago, a carving knife for my wife.
Since that is sorted out I have found that the blade stays sharp much longer and when it does get a bit dull all it needs is a couple of swipes with a medium stone and the edge is good again.
BTW, if you were a true dork you would have found the thread easily, that is what dorks do and that is what makes them dorks.

Computer knowledge.
As for the bayonet, I played around with mine a bit too, still got it hanging up in my workshop actually with my dog tags, awful looking thing, does not even look like a knife.
We used the old FN rifle, copied it and called it the R1. The muzzle changed too and this "bayonet" is basically a piece of pipe with a flat edge that clipped over the flash hider on the muzzle. Ah well, as I said, we never had much use for them anyway.
Take care,
Mike