Apexing a one-sided bevel

[Pondoro2310]

I've got a kitchen knife that is flat on one side and beveled about 25 degrees on the other side (at the cutting edge). If I sharpen the beveled side until I get a burr how would I then remove the burr?

 

[Chris Larrikin]

I've had some success stropping the unbevelled side to remove the burr...buuuuut maybe wait for a second opinion

 

[snippy]

I place the flat side gently onto a stone and gently push forward, being careful to keep it perfectly flat. I use a DMT diamond extra fine and the burr is gone.

Eric

 

[tiguy7]

I use the side of a ceramic blade to wipe the burr (edge trailing) back into the grinding plane.

 

[HeavyHanded]

Very similar ^
A few light leading passes flat on the stone and it will push back up into the grind path. If necessary I will backdrag the edge (lightly) along a piece of wood to make the burr stand up even more proud on the grind side, and dust it off with a few light leading passes.

 

[bgentry]

Burr removal on a blade like this is the exact same concept as a symmetrically ground blade (V ground). The difference in approach is simply that you don't want to change the geometry of the flat side at ALL. So you need to keep the flat side *flat* to the stone when doing burr removal. You don't want to grind another bevel on the back (flat) side.

I also try to use the finest stone I can on the flat side. Since you're only removing a burr, you can normally get away with something pretty fine, like several people have already mentioned. Don't be afraid to go back and forth a bit from the beveled side to the flat side if you need to, so you can really get the last bits of the burr removed. Just remember to keep the flat side flat and you should be good to go.

Brian.