Anyone Turn a Double Beveled Edge Into a Chisel Edge?

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Title says most of it. Has anyone turned a double bevel edge into a chisel edge by just sharpening one side, ether over time or all at once?
 
Yes.

It may sound counter intuitive but the best/fastest way to go is to just bite the bullet and grind the whole edge off on a power grinder. Edge square to the wheel (not trying to create the bevel as you go). Then once you have a blunt edge create the bevel how ever works best for you. If you have a very coarse hand stone like 120 or 220 then use that.

I single beveled the two larger SAKs in this photo; one left bevel and one right bevel to be used for creating fine woodworking "knifed" layout lines for joinery.

 
I was just thinking it might be interesting. I have a few knives that I thought about just sharpening on one side for a while and seeing how it worked.
 
Nothing really. Many people are very dominant with one hand over the other. I just wondered if anyone had ever just sharpened on their good side until the bad side was gone.
 
Ive done both. I took a kershaw thermite, a dremel, ground the cutting bevel off and turn the spanto blade into a tanto. Then put a chisel edge on it. The 8cr13 blade held a working edge a little longer. On my cold steel voyager i started to just sharpen one side. It still cut very well. But i lost the knife.
 
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