Bark River Teddy II sharpening technique?

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Got this one pretty recently. I don't plan on ever sharpening it, unless I end up chipping it or rolling it, otherwise just sticking to black+white compound stropping and maintaining the edge after use. I'm fairly new to the world of convex edges but I've reprofiled a couple of knives into convex/secondary convex with satisfying results by setting a ''max'' angle and rocking the knife back and forth not going over said max angle, only rounding off the shoulder by pulling back at a lower angle with a gradual motion. However I can't exactly tell if this Teddy II is full convex or not or if it has a very small secondary bevel. If anyone has this, how do you sharpen it exactly without screwing up the factory angle/edge geometry? I'd like to avoid going down the mousepad/sandpaper route as I don't see that as being practical in the long run or for field sharpening, and would rather stick to stones, preferably diamond+ceramic+strop if I ever had to fix up the edge from damage. Also, would appreciate if anyone knew at what angle exactly BRK sharpens the apex on their convex grinds.

Edit: advice appreciated from owners of similar knives like the 1909 Michigan bowie, Highwayman or Shining Mountain etc. (as long as they have the same geometry and whatnot)
 
I have had one Bark River knife. The edge was convex with angles near the apex of about 28 and 30 degrees. That seems excessively wide to me.

From many manufacturers, factory edges are often dull and factory angles are often wonky.
 
Another Shepherd said:
I have had one Bark River knife. The edge was convex with angles near the apex of about 28 and 30 degrees. That seems excessively wide to me.

From many manufacturers, factory edges are often dull and factory angles are often wonky.
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Mine is very sharp. I don’t know if it’s that steep of an angle but even if it is, it’s continuous with the bevel as a whole, which I would imagine it’s be what makes it not “wonky”. It’s just that I don't wanna end up modifying the apex, which in terms would lead to the knife losing its cutting performance due to the incongruity between bevel geometry and apex.
 
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